William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind."
Idiot quotes
Idiot
413 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"
Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me."
Jerry Lewis
Comedian, Actor, Singer
"I've had great success being a total idiot."
Omar Khayyam
Poet, Mathematician, Astronomer
"The secret must be kept from all non-people. The mystery must be hidden from all idiots."
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"If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord."
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"Ideology is the science of idiots."
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"If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot."
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"Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot."
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"Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn't."
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"Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself."
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"I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots."
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"Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left."
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"The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots."
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"The Dilbert Principle: People are idiots."
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"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot."
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"First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots."
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"Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets fooled by the idiot?"
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"A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot"
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"Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots."
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"General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess."
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"The 100% American is 99% idiot."
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"There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot."
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"No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot."
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"More idiots should just shut their mouths."
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