“Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”

“I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.”

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“When an evil masochist dies, does he go to hell, or would heaven be a better punishment?”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
(a Shin'a'in saying)”

Mercedes Lackey book Owlknight

“Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher

“In every unbeliever's heart there is an uneasy feeling that, after all, he may awake after death and find himself immortal. This is his punishment for his unbelief. This is the agnostic's Hell.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“If what you've done is stupid, but it works.. then it really isn't all that stupid.”

David Letterman (1947) American comedian and actor

“I will please shut the hell up the day you please drop the hell dead”

Augusten Burroughs book Running with Scissors

“But I don't feel sad about it. Because Mother is dead. And because Mr. Shears isn't around anymore. So I would be feeling sad about something that isn't real and doesn't exist. And that would be stupid.”

Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time