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"Looking at where the planet is now, we could screw things up massively or we could wise-up on a species level and actually make things better. If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I think we'll wise up globally but there will still be outbreaks of local stupidity."
"It is unfortunate to consider all lawyers as natural Satanists many are just dumb."
"The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant."
"The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool."
"With stupidity and sound digestion, man may front much."
"Mockery is an important social tool for squelching stupidity. I’ve never seen anyone change his mind because of the power of a superior argument or the acquisition of new facts. But I’ve seen plenty of people change behavior to avoid being mocked."
"Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals."
"Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity."
"The world is going to change, whether we like it or not. We can participate in that change or we can be the victims of that change. In a way. Either we go in our stupidity ignorance, and arrogance, bring more destruction in a way, or we're forced to change."
"There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose."
"Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile."
"Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold."
"When I said 'we', officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat."
"There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe"
"Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time."
"Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness."
"Since things are moving faster and faster, we cannot afford the amount of stupidity that we used to be able to tolerate."
"And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye."
"The only sin is stupidity."
"Bravery and Stupidity can often be mistaken for the other."
