Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.

Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity.

Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.