I saw this quote and thought it very appropriate for this board and some of the arguments that ensue - many of them from people who think they are right and won't listen to anyone (we all know who those people are)!


"To argue with a person who has renounced the use
of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
Thomas Paine

More wisdom:

"I will not fight a battle of wits with an unarmed man"
-Winston Churchill

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
-Anonymous

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
-Albert Einstein

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
-Confucius

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
-Bertrand Russell

"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."
-Sloan Wilson

"Stupid is as stupid does."
-Forrest Gump

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
-Thomas Szasz

"You even called me stupid in your verse, and I’m almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend."
-Franz Grillparzer

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

"The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them."
-Oscar Wilde

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

"We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already."
-G.C. Lichtenberg

"There are only two races on this planet-the intelligent and the stupid."
-John Fowles

"Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half.' The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters."
-John Major

These are wonderful gems - tks!!!

One of my favorites from my 10 rules to live by:
"Never argue with an idiot - people may not be able to tell you apart."

These are great! A few are priceless and ohhhh soooo true! Thanks for the incite.

"Thanks for the incite."
hehe...
Dont know if it was intended Lisa, but that was a nice little funny.
Annie

Just a giggle...it's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Glad you caught it.
Merry Christmas

Here are some of my favorites: ;-)

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do. Dale Carnegie

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Jonathan Swift

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Anon.

Self-praise is no praise at all. - English Proverb

Advice is least heeded when most needed. - English Proverb

It is easier to pull down than to build up. - Latin Proverb†

There is no wise response to a foolish remark. - Romanian Proverb

Mock not the fallen, for slippery is the road ahead of you. - Russian Proverb

A fool will learn nothing from a wise man, but a wise man will learn much from a fool. Confucius

Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege. James T. Hammond

Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference

Never argue with an idiot: They'll drag you down and beat you with experience.

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. AP

Let us be thankful for fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. MT

A fool aways finds one still more foolish to admire him. NB

Stupid fool--that's someone else, right?

Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.

" We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit "- Aristotle (Greek Philosopher)

"I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation" Whoopi Goldberg

Sadly this thread is entertaining in ways the OPs didn't intend so chill out and have a nice holiday OK? Life is too short <<>>

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)

Fools rush in where fools have been before.
Unknown

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
Dale Carnegie

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Charles Simmons

Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy.
Jean de la Bruyere (1645 - 1696)

Can't let the rag go can you?

"Don't complain because you don't have.
Enjoy what you've got."
H. Stanley Judd

"You can complain because roses have thorns,
or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."
Ziggy

"Some people seem to go through life
standing at the complaint counter."
Fred Propp Jr.

"Now, 10 years later, the person who talked and complained is still talking and complaining and still remains in the same position. The person who took the initiative and found solutions has been promoted several times."
Catherine Pulsifer, from How Valuable Are You?

"Looks like what drive me crazy have no effect on you. But, I'm going to keep at it. Till it drives you crazy too." (James Mercer Langston Hughes, 1902-67)

"A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car." (Kenneth Tynan)

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." (Charlie Chaplin)

"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose." (Woody Allen)

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