Subject: Intelligence » Stupidity (Page 5)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

(1863 – 1941) U.S. senator (California) & U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Intelligence People Stupidity

He don't know shit from peach butter.

Expressions Intelligence Stupidity

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Education Intelligence Money Murphy’s Laws School Stupidity

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Fools Intelligence Stupidity

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

(1913 – 1960) French-Algerian author, philosopher & journalist
Intelligence Stupidity

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity Wisdom

He ain’t got enough sense to poor piss out of a boot.

Expressions Intelligence Stupidity

I would have made a good Pope.

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president
Intelligence Stupidity

Couldn't scratch his ass if he had a tiger in both hands.

Expressions Intelligence Stupidity

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
Beliefs God Government Misspokements Stupidity

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Intelligence Problems Stupidity

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
Intelligence Stupidity

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


Conflict Intelligence Killing People Stupidity

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

(1947 – ) radio broadcaster & host
Intelligence Problems Stupidity

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

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
Education Fools Intelligence Stupidity

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

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Intelligence Stupidity Wisdom

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Insults Intelligence Stupidity

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Stupidity

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist
Intelligence Stupidity

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet
Intelligence Stupidity

It is safe to wager that every public idea and every accepted convention is sheer foolishness, because it has suited the majority.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Intelligence Stupidity