Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity (Page 3)

Consistence requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

1865 – 1959) American art historian

There are four things that hold back human progress – ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.

(1797 – 1875) American accountant

Only one percent of the oil pollution in the sea is the result of oil drilling, while 63 percent is the result of natural seepage on the ocean floor.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.


Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

(1934 – 1996) American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

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

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

You can't fix stupid; there’s not a pill you can take, or a class you can go to.

(1956 – ) American stand-up comedian

Evil and stupidity are randomly distributed.

He is so stupid… mind readers charge him half price.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe; I dispute that… I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them.

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

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

(1806-1873) British philosopher

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

There are more acres of forestland in America today than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

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