Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

These silly and witty sayings give a positive spin to this otherwise touchy subject!

Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
- Raheel Farooq
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
Anonymous
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
– Albert Einstein
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
“My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he’s 97 years old and we have no clue where he is.”
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
“Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it’s natural.”
- Shaquille O’Neal
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
"I prefer not to think before speaking. I like being as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth."
Anonymous
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
“Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.”
- Habeeb Akande
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but still ‘this nonsense.”
– Benjamin Franklin
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile from them, and you’ll have their shoes.”
- Jack Handey
"A stupid person laughs three times at a joke; once when everyone else is laughing, a second time when he actually gets the joke, and a third time when he realizes he was laughing without getting the joke at first."
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbard
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
- Alan Dundes
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"There’s nothing more tedious than seeing how a person shows his intellect, especially if there isn’t any."
- Erich Maria Remarque
“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
- Bertrand Russell