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It takes a village to raise an idiot. – William Dukane	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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, from Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp, by Pierre Cabanne, 1987, pp. 13-14	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac? – George Carlin	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No matter how smart you are, you spend most of your day being an idiot. – Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The 100% American is 99% an idiot. – George Bernard Shaw	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
How could I lose to such an idiot? – A shout from chess grandmaster Aaron Nimzovich	added by anonymous 13 years ago
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Billy Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But I am an idiot, so it kinda works out. – Billy Madison	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. – George Bernard Shaw	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot. – Scott Adams	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress but I repeat myself. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The law is sic a ass - a idiot. – Charles Dickens	added by anonymous 14 years ago
'Out upon merry Christmas What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer... If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his won pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should' – Charles Dickens	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To generalize is to be an idiot. – William Blake	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Life's 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 tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying Nothing. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. – Rich Cook	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle Life's 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 tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were hypocritical, Gore is shallow and weak, Bradley is an idealist, Bush Jr. a fool, and all of the independent candidates act like they're on drugs. – David Borenstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the Headless Monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. – Sir Charles Spencer Charlie Chaplin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
What do you take me for, an idiot – Charles De Gaulle	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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