#stupidity

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#closed #crime #everybody #final #getting

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#cure #education #formal #formal education #fortifies

There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#amazing #feel #feeling good #film #good

If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them? ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#between #choose #cowardice #despair #need

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#because #block #building #building block #claim

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#intelligence #invented #made #man #stupidity

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#face #heart #species #stupidity

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#almost #called #even #expert #friend

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self. ↗

— George Grosz

#beliefs #best #bitter #bitter end #brutality

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity. ↗

— David Hare

#inability #language #same #stupidity #thing