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Quotations by Subject: Stupidity
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
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Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), The Bacchae, circa 407 B.C.
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
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Frank Dane
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
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Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
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Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
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Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
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Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
There are more fools in the world than there are people.
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Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.
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Josh Lieb, I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President, 2009
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
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Scott Adams (1957 - )
Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
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Stephen Vizinczey, An Innocent Millionaire
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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Unknown
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
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Unknown
Fools rush in where fools have been before.
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Unknown
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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Unknown, Hanlon's Razor
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 3 scene 2
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