Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
P. J. O'Rourke

I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a "learning experience." Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a "learning experience." It makes me feel less stupid.
P. J. O'Rourke

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.
Rita Rudner

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Sun Tzu

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
George Bernard Shaw

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
John Wayne

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
John Wayne

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
Voltaire

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
Voltaire

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar Wilde

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Epictetus

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
Will Rogers

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.
Katharine Hepburn

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen