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“Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.”

Funny Numbers Wise Stupid Wise Words Stupidity Compare Earnest Jest

Book:You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson

Source: You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson

“I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Reason Play Used Literature Stuff Stupid Theater Intelligent Stupidity Really Stupid

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

Thinking Life Persons Humor Funny Humanity Realizing Half Stupid Average Witty Stupidity Comedian Stupid People Average Person Eye Opening Stupid Person

Author:George Carlin

“When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”

People Ifs Way Should Wells May Long War Lasts Break Stupid Stupidity Lasting Break Out Knack

Book:Collected fiction

Source: Collected fiction

“Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.”

Stupid Anger Stupidity Opponents Blades

Author:Patricia Briggs

“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.”

Reality Honest Stupid Stupidity Straightforward

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.”

Ifs Evil Results Stupid Judging Stupidity

Book:Surfacing

Source: Surfacing

“Stupidity is like bumping into a wall all the time. After a while you get tired of it and try to look the situation over and see if there’s a doorway somewhere. I think most people eventually do look for the doorway and stop bumping into the wall”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Looks Situation Stupid Wall Tired Stupidity Doorways

Author:Robert Anton Wilson

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”

Ifs Men Want Sometimes Stupid Ignorance Stupidity Cleverness East Of Eden Willful Ignorance

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Lawyers make nothing but confusion...A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people much more stupid than himself, and by God he's always right.”

People Stupid Devil Instruments Stupidity Lawyer Confusion Idiot Banking People Stupidity

Author:Thomas Bernhard

“Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.”

Silence Stupid Stupidity Heartbreaking

Book:Novels, 1926-1929

Source: Novels, 1926-1929

“Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.”

Lying Stupid Draws Stupidity Conclusion

Author:Gustave Flaubert