Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
—Terry Pratchett, 1996
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
—Knute Rockne, 1949
6
It is not easy to show the road to a blind man.
—Italian proverb
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
—Upton Sinclair, 1935
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
—Saul Bellow, 1976
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that
you wish were on the other.
—Jascha Heifetz
7
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
—Mark Twain, 1887
The fundamental cause of trouble is that […] the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent
are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell, 1935
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
—Edith Sitwell, 1967
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1826
***
Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none.
—Francis Bacon, 1620
People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this to excuse
laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive contemplation of things on one’s
own account.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
8
6
This aphorism is frequently misattributed to Frank Leahy, in whose 1955 book it appeared (with a
reference to K. Rockne).
7
As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, starting not later than 1987.
8
From his Notebook E (1775-1776).
On the Wise and Otherwise, Sanity and Madness
69
—Terry Pratchett, 1996
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
—Knute Rockne, 1949
6
It is not easy to show the road to a blind man.
—Italian proverb
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
—Upton Sinclair, 1935
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
—Saul Bellow, 1976
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that
you wish were on the other.
—Jascha Heifetz
7
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
—Mark Twain, 1887
The fundamental cause of trouble is that […] the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent
are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell, 1935
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
—Edith Sitwell, 1967
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1826
***
Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none.
—Francis Bacon, 1620
People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this to excuse
laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive contemplation of things on one’s
own account.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
8
6
This aphorism is frequently misattributed to Frank Leahy, in whose 1955 book it appeared (with a
reference to K. Rockne).
7
As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, starting not later than 1987.
8
From his Notebook E (1775-1776).
On the Wise and Otherwise, Sanity and Madness
69