Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity

She’s so stupid… if you give her a penny for her thoughts, you'll get change back.

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

(1806-1873) British philosopher

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist

The boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not naturally have been so very stupid.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Sharp as a sack full of wet mice.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

I tell you boy, the wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.

(1962 – ) American ventriloquist & stand-up comedian

If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate.

(1948 – ) English novelist

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb; to be a back, you only have to be dumb.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

(1947 – ) radio broadcaster & host

He is so stupid… he thought Johnny Cash was a pay toilet.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

He is so dumb, blondes tell jokes about him.

Couldn't scratch his ass if he had a tiger in both hands.

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist