Quotes About Stupidity

Nos adiestran durante demasiado tiempo en la estupidez y al final se nos convierte en una segunda naturaleza, decía Marcelo, me dice Renzi. Lo primero que pensamos siempre está mal, decía, es un reflejo condicionado. Hay que pensar en contra de sí mismo y vivir en tercera persona.

It would be convenient if one could redesign the past, change a few things here and there, like certain acts of outrageous stupidity, but if one could do that, the past would always be in motion. It would never settle down finally to days of solid marble.

He said that there were three preconditions for happiness — stupidity, selfishness and good health

mayor sueño de la democracia consiste en elevar al proletariado hasta el nivel de estupidez de la burguesía», escribió Flaubert.

The whole dream of democracy,' he wrote, 'is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.

Love.' What a wilderness of pain, of yearning, of loss could be contained in that word. Patient and kind nonsense, is how Lady Fennimore had put it. Love wasn't for cowards; he wondered if it was for the wise. He supposed love itself made you stupid at first, or no one, no one would ever fall in love at all.

The bourgeoisie, in truth, is bound to fear the stupidity of the masses so long as they remain conservative, and the insight of the masses as soon as they become revolutionary.

Man thinks his mind's love for world power and his heart's love for world peace can live together. Indeed, this is the height of man's stupidity.

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man, is consistent with nothing but the stupidity of the Bible.

Great men honour intelligence, little men honour stupidity.

Men. <...> They're idiots. It's like they all take a vow of stupidity or something.

What is wrong with the prosaic Englishman is what is wrong with the prosaic men of all countries: stupidity.

If being stupid is the only way for an intelligent man to be happy, then let us hope that unhappiness be his choice!

Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.

When I do something stupid with money and lose it....I call that Stupid Tax. I have paid so much Stupid Tax that I am expert.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid

If you want to succeed in making a son of Africa stupid, simply give him power or money. But If you intend to make him more stupid, then give him the two.

There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth.

To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.]

In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.

Truly, there's no alternative to stupidity. Cretinism is the mother of fascism. I have no defence against it, really....