Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

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

Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
- Oscar Wilde
“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”
- P. J. O’Rourke
“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
“Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.”
- Habeeb Akande
"You have no reason to fear zombies, do you?"
Anonymous
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
“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
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
- Albert Camus
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
"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."
"Don’t believe everything you think."
Anonymous
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
“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.”
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
“The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but still ‘this nonsense.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
- Alice Walker
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?”
– Scott Adams
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
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
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
“Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see.”
“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
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
“Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it’s natural.”
- Shaquille O’Neal
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
- Albert Einstein
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous