Quotes by Stupidity When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. Isaac Asimov unsafestupidityintelligent Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance. Isaac Watts acquaintancestupidityignorance I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities. Indira Gandhi excitedstupiditypeople There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to achieve. J. Budziszewski achievestupidityintelligent She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity. J. D. Salinger stupidityintelligent As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats. Jack Kelly greedstupiditylong Courage is perhaps our most admirable trait. The man, or woman, who possesses it is able to plunge ahead, despite dangers, despite warnings, despite hazards of all kinds, to attack the task at hand. Often, it is indistinguishable from stupidity. Jack McDevitt stupiditymenhands I'm prepared to concede that stupidity does not help survival. One must after all understand not to poke a tiger with a stick. But intelligence leads to curiosity, and curiosity has never been a quality that helps one pour his or her genes into the pool. The truth must lie somewhere between. Whatever the reason, it is clearly mediocrity, at best, that lives and breeds. Jack McDevitt stupiditysurvivallying As if there were safety in stupidity alone Henry David Thoreau safetystupidityifs Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity. James A. Owen wellsstupidityevil Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn’t have to be limited by anyone else’s stupidity unless you allow it to be. James Altucher stupidityworry There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity. Jamaica Kincaid stupiditydifferencesbravery In many places, the zoning prohibits the mixing of retail and residential. This stupidity has been accompanied by stupidities in municipal policy, such as disallowing accessory apartments - under the theory that renters are incapable of behaving decently. James Howard Kunstler mixingretailstupidity Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his hand into the pocket of honest industry or enterprising talent, and squanders their hard-earned profits on profligate idleness or indolent stupidity. James Kirke Paulding equalitystupidityhands I won't deny the polemical elements in my work, but they are less in the service of attempting to reform human behavior than the delighted exercise of my rather malicious sense of humor - especially vis-a-vis the horrifying everyday environment we have produced for ourselves. These mall-scapes, burb-scapes, urban wildernesses, starchitect stunts, and other toxic contexts for our daily lives express about every human vice, stupidity, and blunder that it is possible for a society to make. It all leads, really, to a psychological place where only comedy or despair make sense. James Howard Kunstler stupidityeverydayexercise It's wonderful to find cultures that are historically still intact, as opposed to a lot of Western cultures which seem to me to be slowly dying, stuck in celebrity illness or stupidity. Jamie Hewlett stupiditydyingculture The only real stupidity is that of a closed mind. Jan Garavaglia stupidityrealathlete I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything's being dull and insipid about the house! I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not. Jane Austen stupidityhousefeelings Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions. Jaron Lanier individualstupidityaction There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action. Jawaharlal Nehru stupidityaction«1314151617181920212223»
