Quotes by Stupidity Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake. Raymond E. Feist wealthunderestimatestupidity But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does. Reed Hastings entrepreneurstupiditybird There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity Rajneesh stupiditywantpeople Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course. Reinhold Niebuhr stupiditypoliticsaverage Instead of talking about accomplishments, we are talking about stupidity and intelligence reporting that is based on facts that's not coming out of the actual heads of these intelligence agencies. And we are sitting here talking about it. And it is a shame, and it needs to end. Reince Priebus shamestupidityaccomplishment Life is a flux, nothing abides. Still we are such fools, we go on clinging. If change is the nature of life, then clinging is stupidity, because your clinging is not going to change the law of life. Your clinging is only going to make you miserable. Things are bound to change; whether you cling or not does not matter. If you cling you become miserable: you cling and they change, you feel frustrated. If you don`t cling they still change, but then there is no frustration because you were perfectly aware that they are bound to change. This is how things are, this is the suchness of life. Rajneesh frustrationstupiditylaw If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless. Richard Armour endlessweaknessstupidity There's an element of paradox there - that at least you know where you stand with the fundamentalists. I mean, they're absolutely clear in their error and their stupidity, and so you can really go after them. Richard Dawkins stupidityerrorsmean Ron Paul may be the wackiest candidate in the GOP field. But for pure, blind stupidity, nobody beats Santorum. In my 20 years in the Senate, I never met a dumber member, which he reminded me of today. Rick Santorum stupiditymayyears Look out! Behind you! Ralph Waldo Emerson behind-youstupiditylooks Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Robert A. Heinlein attributesunderestimatestupidity I read at least one periodical every month by a political group I dislike - to keep some sense of balance. The overwhelming stupidity of political movements is caused by the fact that political types never read anything but their own gang's agit-prop. Robert Anton Wilson balancestupiditypolitical Nobody, I believe, will deny, that we are to form our judgment of the true nature of the human mind, not from sloth and stupidity of the most degenerate and vilest of men, but from the sentiments and fervent desires of the best and wisest of the species. Robert B. Leighton stupiditymenbelieve If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see the opportunities in modern science are not adroit enough to outmaneuver the forces of inertia, stupidity and greed. Well, if we're not intelligent enough to overcome such obstacles, then we don't deserve to carry off the mutation at this stage of evolution. Robert Anton Wilson stupidityintelligentopportunity In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the prevailing stupidity (insensitivity) of the species: badly wired robots bumping into and maiming and killing each other. Robert Anton Wilson robotsstupidityhumanity Since things are moving faster and faster, we cannot afford the amount of stupidity that we used to be able to tolerate. Robert Anton Wilson stupidityablemoving Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals. Robert Anton Wilson signalsintegratingstupidity You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity. Robert Cormier stupidityreasonfaces Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Robert A. Heinlein legislationstupidity If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course! Robert A. Heinlein stupidityrunningwater«2425262728293031323334»
