lack of common sense Quotes

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?’

Stupid is not illegal.

Your stupidity is appalling!" "Most stupidity is!

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.

Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities. ... [G]overnment is wasteful of the nation's resources, immune to common sense and subject to pressure from every half-organized bouquet of assholes. ... [G]overnment is distrustful of and disrespectful toward average Americans while being easily gulled by Americans with money, influence or fame.

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.

I'm sure it's very obvious . . . how upset I am with incompetence and the lack of common sense in life. If I can sum up the reason . . . it's that these characteristics are not benign. They are responsible for much, if not most, of the great problems, misery, and injustice in the world.

You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.

The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no-one has the right to be stupid.

Let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They have no common sense, either, and shouldn't be trusted with anything.

No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.

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

These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to "think," and they do exactly as they are told, no more and no less. This fact is the hardest concept to grasp when one first tries to use a computer.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

It needs brains to be a real fool.

Stupid to the power of stupid.

There is no patch for stupidity.

The denizens of Citizens Service Houses are not, as a rule, gifted with a lot of common sense, but they often make up for that by being extremely argumentative and vindictive.