"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“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
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“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
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
- Albert Camus
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
"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
“My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”
- Jon Bon Jovi
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
- Alice Walker
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
"I prefer not to think before speaking. I like being as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth."
Anonymous
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
- Alan Dundes
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
– Albert Einstein
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbard
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw
"You have no reason to fear zombies, do you?"
Anonymous
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
“To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
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
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
“The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but still ‘this nonsense.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
“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.”
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”
- P. J. O’Rourke
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“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