"Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle."
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"They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves."
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"Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words."
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"I'm a member of no party. I have no ideology. I'm a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle between science and reason and the barbarism, superstition and stupidity that's all around us."
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"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
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"A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others."
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"Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed."
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"The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere."
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"To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events."
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"I had an IQ test. The results came back negative."
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"It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid."
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"This would be a better place for children if parents had to eat spinach."
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"People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all the struggles that people have. I'm just a friendly person. And I hopefully have a good sense of humor. People get a kick out of my stupidity."
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"Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!"
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"The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!"
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"The better the actor, the more stupid he is."
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"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead."
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"artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity"
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"For my part, I am very much more afraid of the man who does a bad thing and does not know it is bad than of the man who does a bad thing and knows it is bad; because I think that in public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because harder to fight and dislodge."
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"Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance."
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