“The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but still ‘this nonsense.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
- Alan Dundes
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
“No matter how smart you are, you can never convince someone stupid that they are stupid.”
Anonymous
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous
“Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.”
- Habeeb Akande
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
“My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”
- Jon Bon Jovi
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
"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."
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
“Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see.”
"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
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbard
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
"Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it."
Anonymous
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”
- P. J. O’Rourke
“On the internet, you can be anything you want. It’s strange that so many people choose to be stupid.”
Anonymous
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
- Raheel Farooq
"I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."
Anonymous
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“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
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
Anonymous
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert