Quotation Explorer - 'Idiot'

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius. - Leo Szilard
My feelings towards it can only be paralleled by that of a doting parent towards an idiot child. - Charlotte Brontë
If a messiah exhorts you to kill people of another belief system, get this idiot non-prophet out of your stupid system. - Fakeer Ishavardas
I believe that religion can make a well-rounded person, or it can make an idiot. What we've go going on here is an idiot.
Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot. - Scott Adams
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. - George Bernard Shaw
Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you are seeing correctly. Sometimes, you have you to grab the camera from the idiot taking all the shots in your life because they don't realize the lens is dirty. - Shannon L. Alder
Maj. Burns: "What kind of idiot do you think I am?" Cpl. O'Reily: "You'd know that better than me, sir.
If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder. - H.L. Mencken
I'm trying to tell him everything will be all right, but how can I say it with a straight face? My son's no idiot. He knows when I'm lying. The medicine won't taste bad.The bath is not hot.Daddy will be safe.Lies. - Suzanne Hayes
I'm an idiot like you said, so whatever you say about me doesn't matter, but you know... Don't you dare point a gun at your own brother! - Kazue Kato
Remember, the village idiot was the spiritual man who built the ark and saved his family. Keep being you and never give up marching to the beat of your own drum! - Shannon L. Alder
If your fancied god hates those you hate, then, this bumbling idiot is as little, and as buggered, as you are, O' little one. - Fakeer Ishavardas
For it was intelligence that was the thin line between endearing rapscallion and idiot bastard. - Éibhear the Contemptible - G.A. Aiken
Nothing will make you look like an idiot faster than the fact that you don't know what you doing. - Auliq Ice
There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. - Steven Wright
Any idiot can point out a problem. So, bosses do. - Gerry Geek
I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot. - Steve Martin
How could I lose to such an idiot?
Never argue with an idiot, because they will only bring you down to their level and beat you by experience.
The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot. - André Breton
Yuki: "What can I learn from a stupid cat like you? You didn’t even know that Jason isn’t really a bear. He’s a character in a horror film."Kyo: "Yeah? So what if I didn’t? Like I’d waste my time watching some movie about a bear!"Yuki: You truly are an idiot. - Natsuki Takaya
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. - John Lennon
Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell. - Raheel Farooq
phase two of Operation Fish and CHIPs (Clean House of the Idiot Piranhas) - Brenda Pandos
I may be no idiot, but I do know stupidity when I see it. - Matthew Keefer
To generalize is to be an idiot. - William Blake
The 100% American is 99% an idiot. - George Bernard Shaw
Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing." - William Shakespeare
The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses. - Erica Jong
When someone says "just saying" what they really mean is, "You would be a colossal idiot to not take my advice." (on Facebook) - Stephen Altrogge
One of the Great Rules of Economics According to If you are rich, you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor, you have to be really smart to get rich. - John Green
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. - William Blake
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain
There's a great woman behind every idiot. - John Lennon
I will not marry Ashton. However bound by honor to do so, I will not marry Ashton. I will not marry, ever! Why not?Because I love you, you idiot! - V.S. Carnes
That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. (to Inara) Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint. - Joss Whedon
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain
Politics is a country idiot capable of concentrating on only one thing at a time. - Robert Harris
I've had great success being a total idiot. - Jerry Lewis
Thoreau was an idiot. - Bill Bryson
Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. - William Shakespeare
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board - Mark Twain
It takes a village to raise an idiot.
The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history. - Steven Heighton
Krishna,Christ, Allah we are one but you idiot humans divided me - Anonymous
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself. - Harry Truman
Nur ein Idiot glaubt, aus eigenen Erfahrungen zu lernen. Ich ziehe es vor, aus den Erfahrungen anderer zu lernen, um von vorneherein eigene Fehler zu vermeiden. - Otto von Bismarck
Any idiot or imbecile can easily make enemies; the important and the hard thing is to make friends easily and keep them as friends always! - Mehmet Murat ildan
No matter what we do, we are always going to have Us versus Them moments. We can separate, yell or talk to each other and draw a truce. You won't agree with everybody. It doesn't mean the other person is an idiot. - Jimmy Bise Jr.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? - George Carlin
If you have time to chatter,Read books.If you have time to read,Walk into mountain, desert and ocean.If you have time to walk,Sing songs and dance.If you have time to dance,Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot. - Nanao Sakaki
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out. - Anton Chekhov
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me', said some idiot who,1. Didn't realize HOW much words hurt2. Wasn't so smart - Oreo Queen
I was just walking around saying We’re all gonna die! I never got over it. I went to class, I did what I had to do, but I was a gibbering idiot. It never went away. I never again felt the same way about life and death. - Anne Rice
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. - Steven Wright
Forgive me, my sons. I've been defeated by this despicable idiot. This is as far as I go.I leave everything to you.You have my gratitude. Farewell, my sons. - Whitebeard
Until he had come up with a name, he was too pathetic to look at -- a real idiot. But now that he had some label like graviconcentrate, he thought that he understood everything and life was a breeze. - Arkady Strugatsky
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. - Salvador Dali
Judge, criticize, object before you decide to believe something; but once you believe, you're but an idiot if you need to be scrupulous any more. - Raheel Farooq
If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it. - Horace Mann
No matter how smart you are, you spend most of your day being an idiot. - Scott Adams
Don't be too realistic , It will make you an Idiot . - Unknown Phylosopher
Any other iron on you? he asked impatiently.Just my tongue stud.His look was a mixture of curiosity and horror.I’m kidding, you idiot. Let’s go. - Kiersten White
I think only an idiot can be an atheist. We must admit that there exists an incomprehensible power or force with limitless foresight and knowledge that started the whole universe going in the first place. - Christian B. Anfinsen
What an idiot. - J.K. Rowling
It's better to dance like a fool, than to stand around like an idiot. - Oliver Gaspirtz
one idiot can shut 1000 wise men mouths, where as 1000 wise will fail to open the eyes of an idiot. - yssubramanyam
People mean well; they just aren't here enough to get what we are dealing with or what home means to my mother. Everyone thinks they know what should be done, and their suggestions make me suspect they must consider me an idiot who doesn't comprehend the situation. - George Hodgman
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it. - Elbert Hubbard
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac? - George Carlin
Words like IDIOT & MAD are forever sacrosanct as history shows that they have always been used against sages & saints by stupids and sycophants in this satanic & selfish world. - Anuj Somany
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