Quotes about stupidity

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

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

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.

Nature abhors a moron.

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.

Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.

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

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)

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)

Silence is the virtue of a fool.