"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"You have no reason to fear zombies, do you?"
Anonymous
“Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see.”
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
- Albert Einstein
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
“Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it’s natural.”
- Shaquille O’Neal
"I prefer not to think before speaking. I like being as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth."
Anonymous
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
- Carl Sagan
“No matter how smart you are, you can never convince someone stupid that they are stupid.”
Anonymous
“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
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
“My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”
- Jon Bon Jovi
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
"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."
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
"There’s nothing more tedious than seeing how a person shows his intellect, especially if there isn’t any."
- Erich Maria Remarque
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
– Albert Einstein
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
"The first thing you learn in life is you’re a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you’re the same fool."
Anonymous
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“On the internet, you can be anything you want. It’s strange that so many people choose to be stupid.”
Anonymous
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
- Albert Camus
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
- Oscar Wilde
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.”
- Habeeb Akande
“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