Stupidity Quotes
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![Søren Kierkegaard](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651453632i/6172._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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![J.K. Rowling](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1596216614i/1077326._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
![Harlan Ellison](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1667241587i/7415._UX200_CR0,1,200,200_.jpg)
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
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![Laurence J. Peter](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1314950364i/182617.jpg)
“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
― The Peter Principle
― The Peter Principle
![Terry Pratchett](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1235562205i/1654._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
![Laurell K. Hamilton](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1399387919i/9550._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”
― The Laughing Corpse
― The Laughing Corpse
![Oscar Wilde](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1673611182i/3565._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
![Jim Butcher](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1400640324i/10746.jpg)
“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
― Vignette
― Vignette
![Bertrand Russell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1457021442i/17854._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
![P.G. Wodehouse](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198684105i/7963._UX200_CR0,39,200,200_.jpg)
“He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.”
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![John Steinbeck](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1182118389i/585._UX200_CR0,19,200,200_.jpg)
“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
![Robert A. Heinlein](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1192826560i/205._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg)
“You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”
― The Green Hills of Earth
― The Green Hills of Earth
![Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1629693671i/3137322._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
![Christopher Hitchens](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1434046956i/3956._UY200_CR23,0,200,200_.jpg)
“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.”
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![Christopher Hitchens](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1434046956i/3956._UY200_CR23,0,200,200_.jpg)
“What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
![Jonathan Swift](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1183238507i/1831.jpg)
“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
[Thoughts on Various Subjects]”
― Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays
[Thoughts on Various Subjects]”
― Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays
![Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1547439330i/4430._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on.”
― Infinity
― Infinity
“I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does...”
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