Mark Twain Quotes

You can't argue with stupidity.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

One of the main faults of a fool is that he never changes his mind.

A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see.

Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

None so blind as those who will not see.

The definition of an asshole is someone who doesn't believe what he is seeing.

Obstinacy and heat of opinion are the surest proof of stupidity.

It’s stupid, and you can’t fix stupid

He was so narrow minded, he could see thru a keyhole with both eyes.

When people get their mind made up about something, then it's: 'Don't bother me with facts.' They've got their minds made up and dismiss you out of hand. Some people don't even give you a fair hearing.

We’re all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young.

In order to keep an open mind, I am trying to avoid learning anything.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.

I stare at her. I've always known that it's impossible to argue with Belinda, not because she's particularly good at it, but because she's so bad at it- that there is no common ground to work from. She simply sees the world she wants to see it and no amount of logic can change her mind.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.

Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.