Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity (Page 6)

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

He don't know shit from peach butter.

To all you hunters who kill animals for food, shame on you; you ought to go to the store and buy the meat that was made there, where no animals were harmed.

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

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

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

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

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

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

(1948 – ) English novelist

Exercise freaks… are the ones putting stress on the health care system.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around; but when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

(1863 – 1941) U.S. senator (California) & U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

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

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

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

I would have made a good Pope.

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president

It is safe to wager that every public idea and every accepted convention is sheer foolishness, because it has suited the majority.

(1741 – 1794) French writer