1,074 Quotes About Stupidity

  • Author Fyodor Dostoevsky
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    Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this nonsense the easiest way of attaining some conjectural good.

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  • Author Jimmy Doolittle
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    The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.

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  • Author George Eliot
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    To most mortals there is a stupidity which is unendurable and a stupidity which is altogether acceptable - else, indeed, what would become of social bonds?

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  • Author Sam Ewing
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    On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat?

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  • Author Umberto Eco
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    There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.

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  • Author Gayle Forman
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    It takes certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know things will end and still hope otherwise.

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