“Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person’s notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties.”

“I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.”

“I’m a werewolf trapped in a human body.””Well, yeah, that’s kind of the definition.””No, really. I’m trapped.””Oh? When was the last time you shape-shifted?””That’s just it – I’ve never shape-shifted.””So you’re not really a werewolf.””Not yet. But I was meant to be one, I just know it. How do I get a werewolf to attack me?”Stand in the middle of a forest under a full moon with a raw steak tied to your face, holding a sign that says, ‘Eat me; I’m stupid’?”

“Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don’t laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.”

“That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy.”Pex was unrepentant. “Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us … all those things.”But—buried alive! That’s like in that horror movie. Y’know — the one with all the horror.”I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?”Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me.”

“[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.”

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”

“He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.”

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

“You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won’t be wiser?”