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Stupid Quotes

For when you feel foolish anyway.

A number of these quotes admit to feeling stupid while young, or unsure whether an ambition even makes sense, an honesty that overlaps with the feel collection.

I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the...

Quotes by Adam Arkin

Being a straight white guy in his, like, early twenties - there's some sort of thing about it. A sort of privilege, a sort of anger or something. You just say some really stupid things.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.

Quotes by Action Bronson

The hardest thing in the world, I now know, is to hold in your head that it is okay to think that you are right, but not to think so necessarily because everyone who disagrees with you is wrong or...

Quotes by Abigail Disney

I had a PET scan, and it was cleared. Not one cell of cancer after three rounds of chemo. But I still had seven more just for safety, which was stupid. I should have just worked on therapy.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

Quotes by Abby Elliott

It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it.

Quotes by Aaron Ramsey

I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.

Quotes by Aaron Eckhart

I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a...

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire...

Quotes by A. B. Yehoshua

It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.

Quotes by Zola Jesus

It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.

Quotes by Zara Phillips

I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I think is stupid!

Quotes by Zazie Beetz

There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and...

Quotes by Zach Galifianakis

I don't try to do things that might make me look stupid, because the risk is there.

Quotes by Xabi Alonso

I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.

Quotes by Xavier Niel

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman...

Quotes by Wolfman Jack

Ignorance is pitiful! If you are ignorant and stupid, you are sick - white, black, green, I don't care.

Quotes by Willie Wells

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.

Quotes by William Weld

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about being told you're 'stupid' growing up?
Yes - one recalls being dismissed as a kid: "You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know." Our Feel quotes explore more of these emotional childhood memories.
Is there a quote connecting gratitude and faith with the word 'stupid'?
Yes - one says, "I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day." It's a personal expression of gratitude during a difficult, nerve-wracking moment.
Is there a quote about pursuing music despite feeling silly about it?
Yes - one admits, "It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do." Our Like quotes have more on lifelong passions.
Is there a short, blunt quote about youth?
Yes - as blunt as it gets: "When you're young, you're stupid." Browse our Status updates for more short, punchy lines like this.
Do these quotes see 'stupid' as a bad thing?
Not always - here it's used more as a self-deprecating or reflective word than a harsh insult, whether about youth, gratitude, or chasing a dream. Our Good quotes offer a more purely positive take, if that's what you're after.

Others turn the word toward gratitude, calling it stupid not to acknowledge faith or purpose even under pressure. Related tones continue in the good and like collections.