Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity

His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there’s scarcely a hole in it anywhere.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

(1948 – ) English novelist

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

(1894 – 1964) American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright & novelist

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

(1821 – 1880) French novelist

It [feminism] is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

(1930 – ) American Southern Baptist minister, executive & media mogul

If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

Couldn’t find his rear with his hands in his back pockets

What better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig? … I'm just noting the timing, here.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

He couldn’t grow pole beans in a pile of horse shit.

That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

Too slow to keep worms in a tin.

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

(1898 – 1971) American humorist

Sharp as a sack full of wet mice.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

A little ignorance can go a long way.

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

He is so stupid… it takes him an hour to cook Minute Rice.