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"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity."
"I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind."
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
"The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity."
"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."
"After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity."
"The more I know, the more I know that I don't know."
"I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun."
"Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it."
"Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience"
"Stupidity is without anxiety."
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."
"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal."
"Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity."
"Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly."
"You are the cutting edge of a thirteen billion year old process of defining novelty. Your acts matter. Your thoughts matter. Your purpose? To add to the complexity. Your enemy? Disorder, entropy, stupidity, and tastelessness."
"The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse."
"He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he cannot perceive. And he's a fool a fool who tries to make such a blockhead believe."