Stupid People Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old stupid people quotes, stupid people sayings, and stupid people proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field. John Gregory Dunne
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half.' The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three quarters. John Major
Life's tough but it's tougher if you’re stupid. John Wayne
Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. Margaret Atwood
The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right. Mark Twain
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King
Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid. Michael Crichton
A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid. Michel de Montaigne
The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. Oscar Wilde
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. Oscar Wilde
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them. Oscar Wilde
There is no sin except stupidity. Oscar Wilde
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. P. J. O'Rourke
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid. P.J. O’Rourke
Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent’s blade. Patricia Briggs
A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. Proverbs 19:13-14
The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb. Rachel Maddow
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. Sloan Wilson
One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Thomas Mann
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. unknown
Without stupid people we would have no one to laugh at take the time and thank a stupid person for their contribution. unknown
God must love stupid people - He made so many. unknown
Smart may have the brains but Stupid has the balls. unknown
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. Walter Bagehot
Lord, what fools these mortals be! William Shakespeare