33 Quotes About Dealing with Idiots

You can choose to take control of your life rather than wait around for someone else to make a decision. Dealing with those that bring you down or are plagued by stupidity can become a distraction. Here are some great quotes about dealing with idiots to keep you inspired.

“Always remember… Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.”

“And it’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.”

“Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.”

“Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.”

“From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.”

“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.”

“Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.”

“I hate people saying anything stupid. I don’t really suffer fools very well at all. When people are acting like idiots, not that I’m not guilty of doing the odd idiotic thing myself from time to time, but when people say stupid things, it stresses me out.”

“If idiots could fly, the sky would be like an airport.”

“If we tried to write about politics, you’d realize that we’re all a bunch of idiots.”

“If you have the power to change the world for the better, you should do it. That’s why people who do nothing are idiots, but idiots who do nothing are life-savers.”

“I’m all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.”

“I’m healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.”

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.”

“Its hard to hate my prep team. They’re such total idiots.”

“Love is so complicated. I’m glad I don’t suffer from it and hope I never do. It’s amazing how smart, strong people turn into frail, frightened idiots once their hearts are involved.”

“Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?”

“My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That’s not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It’s anything but that.”

“My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots. But of course a world with no idiots would be lonely. If she herself were even allowed there.”

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

“Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.”

“Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”

“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”

“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”

“The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.”

“The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.”

“There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.”

“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.”

“They say even death can’t cure an idiot.”

“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular.”

“To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don’t be the one!”

“We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.”

“You can’t make anything idiot proof because idiots are so ingenious.”

There are many challenges associated with dealing with idiots. Finding a way to overcome these difficulties can make it easier in the long term.