#stupidity

In politics stupidity is not a handicap. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#politics #stupidity

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#gain #general #idea #intelligent #mixed

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#stupidity #death

We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#cruelty #ethics #ethics-in-religion #morality #morality-without-religion

What he found impossible was to shut off his brain, to detach himself from the intriguing problems with which (he) was involved, or to leave alone the major problems of war and peace, race and poverty, man's inhumanity to man and the persistence of stupidity. ↗

— Zelda Popkin

#problem #stupidity #death

Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder. ↗

— George V. Higgins

#stupidity #life

Caius was one of those who gloried in his ignorance, called his lack of letters purity, scorned any subtlety of thought or expression. A man for his time, indeed. ↗

— Iain Pears

#coarseness #crudeness #education #ignorance #stupidity

Will this be in the examination, Mr Hecker?" was the limit of my students' interest in any given subject. If it was going to be in the test they took notes, if it was not going to be in the test they did not take notes. Their silent, depthless stares were unnerving. I told myself that they were not stupid - for how could the final attainment of thousands of years of human progress be stupid? ↗

— Tod Wodicka

#students #stupidity #testing #education

Never argue with an idiot; he will bring you down to his level and win from experience. ↗

— Brad Slipiec

#stupidity #experience

The earth must be flat – there's a dunce in every corner of it I travel to. ↗

— Bauvard

#flat-earth #funny #humor #stupidity #funny