Quotes About Idiocy

Mo?e jestem idiota, ale nie jestem g?upi.

We are, as a gender, undereducated and infantilized to the point of idiocy. But those of us who have been given the benefit of learning and useful occupation, well, we are proof that the traditional notions of feminine delicacy and helplessness are the purest poppycock

I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible restraint over common decency.

I'm okay." "You're an idiot is what you are." "That too probably.

To permit irresponsible authority is to sow disaster; to hold a man responsible for anything he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy.

he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy.

Obviously, in the new science or new idiocy of lepufulogy we are approaching the area of dream and myth; however, as James Joyce once remarked, since we already spend one third of our lives there, we ought to give that half-world some serious attention.

And with symbolism we can create meaningless metaphysics and Strange Loops so weird that society grows alarmed and either locks us up or insists on medicating us. With such weird symbols, if not locked up or medicated, we can even persuade multitudes to believe in our gibberish and execute 6,000,000 scapegoats (the Hitler case), line up to drink cyanide cocktails (the Jim Jones case), or perform virtually any idiocy or lunacy imaginable.

Is this narcissism? Solipsism? Idiocy (from the Greek word idios, for self)? Would Turing acknowledge it as a proof of human behavior? Well, perhaps. They drove Turing to suicide too.

Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign.

Quem era o idiota que punha a felicidade deste mundo na repartição da riqueza?

However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all.

Death is the welcome cessation of idiocy.

If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.

Since when has idiocy been a bar to advancement in politics?

For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.

Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.

Coward," Pablo said bitterly. "You treat a man as coward because he has a tactical sense. Because he can see the results of an idiocy in advance. It is not cowardly to know what is foolish." "Neither is it foolish to know what is cowardly," said Anselmo, unable to resist making the phrase.

Se han vuelto idiotas por completo, en las aldeas hay más putas que patatas y el tío quiere una inhumana.

Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

Normally, I'm a grumpy old man - whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.