"To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say,
Is a keen observer of life,
The word "intellectual" suggests straightaway
A man who's untrue to his wife."
Is a keen observer of life,
The word "intellectual" suggests straightaway
A man who's untrue to his wife."
"How sweet to be an Idiot,
As harmless as a cloud,
Too small to hide the sun
Almost poking fun,
At the warm but insecure untidy crowd.
How sweet to be an idiot,
And dip my brain in joy,
Children laughing at my back,
With no fear of attack,
As much retaliation as a toy."
As harmless as a cloud,
Too small to hide the sun
Almost poking fun,
At the warm but insecure untidy crowd.
How sweet to be an idiot,
And dip my brain in joy,
Children laughing at my back,
With no fear of attack,
As much retaliation as a toy."
— Neil Innes, "How Sweet to Be an Idiot"
"Yeah...she's dumb, but...but sweet."
—Troy Barnes describing a fake girlfriend, and also incidentally describing himself.
"I want to be good but good is being simple,
Simple is forgetting,
I simply can't forget."
Simple is forgetting,
I simply can't forget."
— The Judybats, "Being Simple"
"What did you learn today?
I learned nothin
What did you do today?
I did nothin
What did you learn at school?
I didn't go
Why didn't you go to school?
I don't know
It's cool to know nothin..."
I learned nothin
What did you do today?
I did nothin
What did you learn at school?
I didn't go
Why didn't you go to school?
I don't know
It's cool to know nothin..."
"Come, come, let us all be dumb,
I swear it is true it is best to be stupid!,
A puny mind is simply divine,
Intelligence and elegance, make far less sense than being dense...
Dance break!"
I swear it is true it is best to be stupid!,
A puny mind is simply divine,
Intelligence and elegance, make far less sense than being dense...
Dance break!"
— Potato Bug, The Mr. Potato Head Show
"God only gives you 26 seconds of 'tard happy in your LIFETIME... enjoy it."
— Ralphie May
"Take a smart guy and he ain't hardly ever a nice fella."
— Slim, Of Mice and Men
"Averagely wise a man should be,
never too wise,
for a wise man's heart is seldom cheerful
if the one who owns it is too wise."
never too wise,
for a wise man's heart is seldom cheerful
if the one who owns it is too wise."
— Poetic Edda, "Sayings of the High One"
"The stupider one is, the closer one is to reality. The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward."
"A small mind is easily filled with faith."
— Commissar Exen Treuer, Mordian 23rd, Warhammer 40,000
"Look at the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn
I wish I were a moron
Dear God, perhaps I am!"
He doesn't give a damn
I wish I were a moron
Dear God, perhaps I am!"
— Unknown
"Your heart's in the right place, Rose, but I don't know where the hell your brain is."
— Sophia Petrillo, The Golden Girls
"Great men are not always wise." ― The Book of Job XXXII, Verse 9
— Epitaph of Roger the Homunculus, B.P.R.D.
"I think the people of this country have had enough of experts".
— Michael Gove, anti-intellectual British Politician
"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man."
"Richard Nixon is easily one of the most controversial figures to ever hold public office, but he certainly isn’t one of the dumbest. He reportedly had an IQ of 142.9, which actually makes him the 16th-dumbest president, technically. It just goes to show that intelligence can’t be everything, since a lot of people with lower IQs did a lot better in office."
— Definition.org
"Blessed is the mind too small for doubt."
— Imperial proverb, Warhammer 40,000
Yoko: "You're telling me that your excuse is that your captain is too stupid to be evil!?"
Cross: "It's a good excuse!"
"What Spardels lack in intelligence, they more than make up for with love."
