Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

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

Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
- Alan Dundes
"Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it."
Anonymous
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
“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
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
“On the internet, you can be anything you want. It’s strange that so many people choose to be stupid.”
Anonymous
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“No matter how smart you are, you can never convince someone stupid that they are stupid.”
Anonymous
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
"Don’t believe everything you think."
Anonymous
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
"I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."
Anonymous
“Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it’s natural.”
- Shaquille O’Neal
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous
"You have no reason to fear zombies, do you?"
Anonymous
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous
“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
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
– Albert Einstein
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."