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Stupidity

«I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which should have put me in the grave. But here I am, typing away as if I had a brain.»
Author: Craig Wilson | About: Death, Stupidity
«In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.»
«Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.»
Author: Lewis B. Hershey (Soldier) | About: Honesty, Stupidity | Keywords: crooked, with that
«America is not an elephant. For one thing, elephants never forget, whereas Americans don't really know much to begin with. Ninety per cent of them can't pick out their hometown on an unmarked map...We're bigger than they are and we're on top. If we were in prison, they'd be our bitch.»
Author: Rick Mercer | About: America, Stupidity
«Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?»
«As if there were safety in stupidity alone»
Author: Henry David Thoreau (Essayist, Philosopher, Poet) | About: Stupidity | Keywords: safety
«Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men.»
«As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.»
«A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.»
«A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.»