Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity (Page 3)

I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the job.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

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

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

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

It’s easy to identify people who can’t count to ten; they’re in front of you in the supermarket express lane.

A little ignorance can go a long way.

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

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

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

(1913 – 1960) French-Algerian author, philosopher & journalist

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

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

She is so stupid… she took a blood test and failed.

One thing that humbles me deeply is to see that human genius has its limits while human stupidity does not.

(1824 – 1895) French writer

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

It’s easy to smile when you have a squirrel’s intellect.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

She is so stupid… she can’t make ice without a recipe.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

(1948 – ) English novelist

My wife’s not too smart; I told her our kids were spoiled… she said, “all kids smell that way.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor