{"id":534,"date":"2024-05-25T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T18:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:33:41","slug":"some-quotations-about-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/some-quotations-about-stupidity\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Quotations about Stupidity."},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Certificate of Stupidity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some quotations about stupidity, plus many quotes, ideas, brilliant thoughts and also some criticism about the foolishness of our world and its people.<\/span><\/p>\n

To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.<\/span>
\n David Hume<\/span><\/p>\n

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.<\/span>
\n Arabian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately our planet is more and more full of increasingly empty men, to paraphrase Eliot, shapeless figures, colorless shadows, not souls, lost and violent, but only, empty men, stuffed men, created by the taxidermists of stupidity.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

People are so fucking stupid. No one reads anymore, no one goes out and watches and explores the society and culture they grew up in. People have five-second attention spans and the depth of a glass of water.<\/span>
\nDavid Bowie<\/span><\/p>\n

I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise. <\/span>
\nBlaise Pascal<\/span><\/p>\n

You can’t overestimate the stupidity of the general public.<\/span>
\nCharles Bukowski<\/span><\/p>\n

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.<\/span>
\nArthur Shopenhauer<\/span><\/p>\n

And it is precisely the certainty that the stupid ones are always others that allows each of us to live so well with our own stupidity.<\/span>
\nPiergiorgio Oddifreddi<\/span><\/p>\n

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.<\/span>
\nAnatole France<\/span><\/p>\n

So you see, the universe is made up by protons, electrons, neutrons and morons.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.<\/span>
\nBertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

The doctor sees man in all his weakness, the lawyer in all his wickedness, and the priest in all his stupidity.<\/span>
\nArthur Schopenhauer<\/span><\/p>\n

A clever person solves problems. A wise person avoids them. On the contrary a stupid man creates them. And if the world is full of problems, there must be a clear reason!<\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

By now humanity has become so imbecile that we often tend to mortify intelligence, in order not to offend stupidity.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a large group.<\/span>
\nGeorge Carlin<\/span><\/p>\n

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed!<\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a scholar of stupidity, how could avoid to thank a lot of people for their existence.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I\u2019m not sure about the universe. <\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.<\/span>
\n Otto Von Bismarck<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t follow any particular politician, but I am interested in stupidity, so I am always well informed!<\/span>
\n Carl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.<\/span>
\n Oscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.<\/span>
\nBertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.<\/span>
\n George Carlin<\/span><\/p>\n

Interacting with people that don’t like you it’s a fundamental process to study human stupidity.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.<\/span>
\n Mark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.<\/span>
\nBertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

Only by studying stupidity at large you can get better at coping with stupid people.<\/span>
\n Carl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.<\/span>
\n John King Fairbank<\/span><\/p>\n

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.<\/span>
\n Pope John Paul II<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit also our Free Forum On Stupidity<\/a>, and our Facebook group SAS Struggle Against Stupidity<\/a>, and all our blogs, where you will surely find very interesting material on the topic, namely The Fortattack project that is the greatest attack against the Forte organized by the fervent and dangerous Carl William Brown<\/a>, the literary avenger!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you like this blog you can visit my page on Ko-fi<\/a> and support me, since I created an account there in order to test and demonstrate human philanthropy and its sense of humor. In any case, don\u2019t worry, take it easy and be happy, since I am a scholar of stupidity, thanks for existing just the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

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