#stupidity

And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#dishonesty #intellect #pride #stupidity #tolstoy

Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil." "Yes," Alan said gravely. "It'd be shoking if the evil magicians were sexist. For one thing, that would mean they were stupid, and having stupid enemies would be a terrible blow to my manly pride. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#humor #stupidity #humor

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#intelligence #opinions #stupidity #intelligence

Dzieje kultury wykazują, ze głupota jest siostrą bliźniaczą rozumu, ona rośnie najbujniej nie na glebie dziewiczej ignorancji , lecz na gruncie uprawnym siódmym potem doktorów i profesorów. Wielkie absurdy nie są wymyślane przez tych, których rozum krząta się wokół spraw codziennych. Nic dziwnego zatem, że właśnie najintensywniejsi myśliciele bywali producentami największego głupstwa. / The history of culture shows that foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. It does not flourish on the fields of pure ignorance but on the fields tirelessly plowed by doctors and professors. Great absurdities do not flourish where one is busy with everyday life. No wonder that sometimes most vigorous thinkers come up with utmost stupidities. (Dziennik 1956, XIX, Thursday) ↗

— Witold Gombrowicz

#stupidity #wisdom #business

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#stupidity #stupidity

Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#sense #stupidity #stupidity

I always hated it when TV reporters stuck a microphone in the faces of people who'd just lost a home or a loved one, wanting to know how they felt. They felt like shit. They hurt, and they didn't know how they were going to get through the night. They wanted to scream and cry and hit the guy with the microphone. ↗

— Suzanne Johnson

#stupidity #love

Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. ↗

— Friedrich von Schiller

#stupidity #inspirational

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

#commander #courage #expediency #goes #insisted

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#about #former #human #i #infinite