“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”

“But all years are stupid. It's only when they're over that they become interesting.”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“I hate stupid people. Not only are they annoying, they're also boring.”

Titon Rahmawan

“It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.”

Sarah Dessen book Keeping the Moon

“People are so stupid. They think they've got the whole puzzle figured out, but they're really so far off.”

Laurie Faria Stolarz (1972) American writer

“There is nothing in Lacan which is not stupid, no exceptions to stupidity, so that what makes him not totally stupid is only the very inconsistency of his stupidity.”

Slavoj Žižek (1949) Slovene philosopher

“If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.”

David Hilbert (1862–1943) German prominent mathematician

“The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer

“Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist