They say with age comes wisdom… but let’s be honest — sometimes, what really comes is a sharper tongue and a zero-tolerance policy for nonsense. Today, we’re diving into the most brilliantly sarcastic quotes about the things that make us shake our heads — stupidity, foolishness, and all the quirks of human nature. These quotes are clever, cutting, and cooked to perfection by some of America’s wittiest minds.
Video They Say Wisdom Comes With Age… But So Does the Best Sarcasm on Stupidity
They Say Wisdom Comes With Age… But So Does the Best Sarcasm on Stupidity
- “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”― Albert Einstein
- “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”― Laurence J. Peter
- “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”― Søren Kierkegaard
- “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”― George Carlin
- “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”― Euripides, The Bacchae
- “Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.”― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”― Harlan Ellison
- “I’ll take crazy over stupid any day.”― Joss Whedon
- “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”― Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”― Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle
- “If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he’d be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting ‘All gods are bastards!”― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
- “Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- “Stupidity isn’t punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”― Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse
- “Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”― Jim Butcher, Vignette
- “A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
- “He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.”― P.G. Wodehouse
- “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
- “Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.”― Margaret Atwood, Surfacing
- “The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”― Harlan Ellison
- “You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”― Robert A. Heinlein, The Green Hills of Earth
- “We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.”― Christopher Hitchens
- “Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- “What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
- “Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.”― William Faulkner, Mosquitoes
- “Irony is wasted on the stupid”― Oscar Wilde
- “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”― Frank Zappa
- “Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on.”― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infinity
- “Beauty fades, dumb is forever.”― Judge Judy Sheindlin, Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever
- “Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.”― Stephen W. Hawking
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