Friedrich Nietzsche

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms - in themselves such judgments are stupidities.

German Philosopher

Oscar Wilde

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Irish Poet

Milan Kundera

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

Czechoslovakian Writer

Hunter S. Thompson

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

American Journalist

Yahoo Serious

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

Australian Director

Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

German Physicist

Bo Bennett

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.

American Businessman

Ricky Gervais

Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.

English Writer

Demis Roussos

The one thing I cannot support in a woman is stupidity.

Greek Musician

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.

Austrian Philosopher

Stupidity implies a harsh judgment and should be used carefully to avoid offending someone.

Negative Connotation

Sometimes used humorously about oneself to admit a mistake without harsh feelings.

Self-Deprecation

Can refer to a temporary lack of judgment, not a permanent trait.

Momentary Lapse

 All life is suffering. That doesn't mean all life is negative. It means things happen. The cause of suffering is ignorance. By that, the Buddha did not mean stupidity; he meant clinging to the illusion that life is static and predictable. The third noble truth said that ignorance can be overcome. And the fourth and most important, of course,

Wade Davis: The...

 In the question of consciousness and artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence has really, like the study of consciousness, gotten nowhere, we have no idea how consciousness works. Not only have they not created artificial intelligence, they haven't yet created artificial stupidity.

What's invisible? More...

 because ignorance has a lot of bad connotations and I clearly don't mean any of those. So I don't mean stupidity, I don't mean a callow indifference to fact or reason or data. The ignorant are clearly unenlightened, unaware, uninformed, and present company today excepted,

Stuart Firestein: The...

 and in constant jeopardy of falling apart. We were shaped by a process that is ruthlessly competitive. We are made from crooked timber, vulnerable to illusions, self-centeredness and at times astounding stupidity. Yet human nature has also been blessed with resources

Is the world getting...

 It's one of the most powerful forces in history, human stupidity and human violence. Humans do such crazy things for no obvious reason, but again, at the same time, another very powerful force in human history is human wisdom. We have both.

Nationalism vs....

 because, as a historian, I know that you should never underestimate human stupidity. It is one of the most powerful forces that shape history. Yuval, it's been an absolute delight to have you with us. Thank you for making the virtual trip.

Why fascism is so...

 said your honor and I don't know whether I was emboldened by the scientific measurements that I had in my pocket and my knowledge that they are accurate or whether it was just sheer stupidity which is what the defense lawyers

Why eyewitnesses get it...

 And we are abusing this great power we have to be wise stewards, and we're destroying the world. In the developed world, in a way, it's worse, because we have so much access to knowledge of the stupidity of what we're doing.

What separates us from...

 I was devastated but I knew I'd been taking huge risks and I was paying for my own stupidity it was a severe slap in the face

Deathly Ill in a Thai...

 turkeys in general have this misplaced reputation for stupidity this experimental knowledge was proven