Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

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

Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
“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
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“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
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
- Albert Camus
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“On the internet, you can be anything you want. It’s strange that so many people choose to be stupid.”
Anonymous
“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.”
“To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”
- George Bernard Shaw
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
- Raheel Farooq
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbard
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
Anonymous
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
“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 being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
- Albert Einstein
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
- Alice Walker
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“No matter how smart you are, you can never convince someone stupid that they are stupid.”
Anonymous
"Don’t believe everything you think."
Anonymous
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
- Oscar Wilde
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
"You have no reason to fear zombies, do you?"
Anonymous
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous