# Quotes about stupidity

- Quotes: 28
- Authors: 14
- Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity

## Quotes

> Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts.

[Larry Niven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven.md) · [Ringworld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld.md) · p. 9 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld/louis-knew-a-few.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

[Larry Niven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven.md) · [Ringworld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld.md) · p. 96 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld/the-gods-do-not.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

[Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Equal Rites](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/equal-rites.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/equal-rites/they-say-a-little.md)

Topics: [knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Ronald Reagan I have always viewed as a brainless fellow who echoes the opinions of anyone who gets close to him.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [I, Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-asimov.md) · p. 77 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-asimov/ronald-reagan-i-have.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> To Mankind
>
> And the hope that the war against folly may someday be won, after all.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [The Gods Themselves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-gods-themselves.md) · p. 5 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-gods-themselves/to-mankind-and.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [hope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hope.md)

> The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Second Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/second-foundation.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/second-foundation/the-most-hopelessly.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> “Such unsubtle escapism! Really, Dr. Fara, such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it."

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation/such-unsubtle-escapism.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> It is because you yourself fear the propaganda created, after all, only by the stupidity of your own bigots.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Pebble in the Sky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/pebble-in-the-sky.md) · p. 33 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/pebble-in-the-sky/it-is-because.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Pebble in the Sky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/pebble-in-the-sky.md) · p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/pebble-in-the-sky/that-is-the.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> A writer of great talent, to whom I complained of the little sympathy I have met with, made me this profound answer: "You have an immense fault which will close all doors against you: you cannot converse for two minutes with a fool without showing him that he is one."

Thérèse Raquin

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [Minority Report](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/minority-report.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/minority-report/the-kind-of-man.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x × y is less than y.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [A Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy/if-x-is-the.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [A Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy/a-newspaper-is-a-device.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [A Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy/the-most-costly.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [illusions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/illusions.md)

> Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [A Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy/before-a-man.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Nature abhors a moron.

[H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md) · [A Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/a-mencken-chrestomathy/nature-abhors-a-moron.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Earnestness is just stupidity sent to college.

Holidays in Hell

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.

Peace Kills

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though the war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.

[Albert Camus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus.md) · [The Plague](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-plague.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-plague/when-a-war.md)

Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.

[Voltaire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/voltaire.md) · [Candide](https://www.leafyquotes.com/voltaire/candide.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/voltaire/candide/fools-admire-everything.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> H'aint we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?

[Mark Twain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain.md) · [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/haint-we-got.md)

Topics: [society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/society.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> It was the standard airport-security operation, which meant it appeared to have been designed to hassle law-abiding passengers just enough to reassure them, while at the same time providing virtually no protection against criminals with an IQ higher than celery. (Chapter 11)

[Dave Barry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry.md) · [Big Trouble](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble/it-was-the.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [appearances](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/appearances.md)

> Monica was glad Walter was married, so she didn't have to go into any of the other reasons she didn't want to get involved with him, such as the fact that he had the intellectual depth of mayonnaise. (Chapter 7)

[Dave Barry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry.md) · [Big Trouble](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble/monica-was-glad.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Silence is the virtue of a fool.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Advancement of Learning](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-advancement-of-learning.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-advancement-of-learning/silence-is-the.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Chloroform has done a lot of mischief. It's enabled every fool to be a surgeon.

[George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md) · [The Doctor's Dilemma](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/chloroform-has-done.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

[George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md) · [Major Barbara](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/major-barbara.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/major-barbara/he-knows-nothing.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

[George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md) · [Caesar and Cleopatra](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/caesar-and-cleopatra.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/caesar-and-cleopatra/when-a-stupid.md)

Topics: [hypocrisy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hypocrisy.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)

> Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

[Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-luther-king-jr.md) · [Strength to Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-luther-king-jr/strength-to-love.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-luther-king-jr/strength-to-love/nothing-in-the.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)