Quotes About Idiocy

Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.

Learned fools are the greatest fools.

I like characters who have two different things going on, whether it is Robin from 'Top Of The Lake' having that strength juxtaposed with the vulnerability and being in pain, or whether it is Peggy from 'Mad Men' with her naivety and her sort of idiocy at times, combined with her intelligence and courage really to do what she did at that time.

He knew he probably sounded like an idiot to the scholars, but sometimes an idiot's perspective ended up getting more things done.

Decidedly it was the policy of an imbecile.

the perfect example of Robinson's law. This states that human idiocy multiplies in compound ratio to the number of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic.

They're us!They've repopulated the world, and now they've achieved the same state of idiocy they were in before, ready to blow themselves up all over again. Great, isn't it? That's the human race!

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit—general knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

This habit of actively collecting examples of other people's foolish behavior is an invaluable antidote to idiocy. In fact, it's the second great anti-stupidity technique we should learn from Munger.

I don't have any wonderful insights that other people don't have. I just have slightly more consistently than others avoided idiocy. Other people are trying to be smart. All I'm trying to be is non-idiotic. I find that all you have to do to get ahead in life is to be non-idiotic and live a long time. It's harder to be non-idiotic than most people think.

IQ-ul nu înseamn? mare lucru, spusese el într-un interviu. ?i Goering avea un IQ mare. Po?i fi idiot ?i a?a.

What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak.

The major force in world history is sheer dumbness.

Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.

Stop your idiocy, Sandra, please. For once in your death.

Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.

Quien no vive trágicamente se vuelve idiota. Vivir trágicamente es tomar el camino de la locura y del suicidio a corto plazo. Esto que digo implica tanto idiotez cuanto locura. No

You can be an idiot and survive because you just go to McDonalds for your food, and you go to work and do some sort of inane job, which is nobody taking any responsibility - it's always up the line - and then you watch the Super Bowl, and that's it. But in the old days, you really had to know how your world works. You don't need that anymore.

The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person," - Nero Wolfe

The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person. It is mine. I am sometimes successful.

Sanzo to Gojyo: And give me my gun back. I don't want your idiocy getting all over it.

His red-haired companion wore a similar outfit but without the tattoo and piercings, lacking the courage—or the idiocy—to turn a fashion statement into permanent disfigurement. They