Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity (Page 2)

His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there’s scarcely a hole in it anywhere.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.


All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

He is so dumb, blondes tell jokes about him.

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

Evil and stupidity are randomly distributed.

If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

(1894 – 1964) American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright & novelist

The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

I once dated a guy so dumb he could not count to 21 unless he was naked.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

He is so stupid… he thought Johnny Cash was a pay toilet.

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear –- that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

He couldn’t find his ass with a flashlight and a roadmap.

He is so stupid… mind readers charge him half price.

That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners’ leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet the owners.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Couldn’t find his rear with his hands in his back pockets

You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not naturally have been so very stupid.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer