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-->-- '''''Website/UrbanDictionary'''''

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->"''Nihil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio''" ("Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than excessive cleverness")
-->-- '''Creator/{{Petrarch}}''', ''De remediis utriusque fortunae'' (erroneously attributed to Seneca by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe in ''[[Literature/CAugusteDupin The Purloined Letter]]'')

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->"Don't you think that if I were wrong, I'd know it?"
-->-- '''Sheldon Cooper''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''

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->"Don't ->'''Penny:''' Why didn't you think just have soup at home?
->'''Sheldon Cooper:''' Penny, I have [[ImprobablyHighIQ an IQ of 187]]. Don't you imagine
that if there was a way for me to have soup at home, I were wrong, I'd know it?"
would have thought of it?
->'''Penny:''' You could have soup delivered.
->'''Sheldon:''' ({{Beat}}) I did ''not'' think of that.
-->-- '''Sheldon Cooper''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
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-->--'''Music/{{Rush}}''', "New World Man"

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-->--'''Music/{{Rush}}''', -->--'''Music/{{Rush|Band}}''', "New World Man"
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-->--'''"Future Stock"''', ''WesternAnimation/Futurama''

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-->--'''"Future Stock"''', ''WesternAnimation/Futurama''''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''
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->'''That Guy''': Back in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], I was the toast of Wall Street. I was having whiskey with Boesky, and cookies with Milken. But then, I was diagnosed with terminal Boneitis.\\
'''Fry''': "Boneitis"? That's a funny name for a horrible disease.\\
'''That Guy''': There was no cure at the time. One Drug Company was close, [[SkewedPriorities but I arranged a hostile takeover and sold off all the assets.]] Made a cool $100 mil.
-->--'''"Future Stock"''', ''WesternAnimation/Futurama''
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'''Eurylochus:''' Captain, how much longer till your luck runs out? How much longer till the show goes south? How much longer till this all falls down? You rely on wit and people die on it.

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'''Eurylochus:''' '''[[TheLancer Eurylochus:]]''' Captain, how much longer till your luck runs out? How much longer till the show goes south? How much longer till this all falls down? You rely on wit and people die on it.
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-->-- "Luck Runs Out," ''EPIC: The Musical''

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-->-- ''Theatre/EpicTheMusical'', "Luck Runs Out," ''EPIC: The Musical''Out,"
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->'''Lisa Simpson:''' Oh, Dr. Hawking, we had such a beautiful dream. What went wrong?
->'''Creator/StephenHawking:''' Don't feel bad, Lisa. Sometimes, the smartest of us can be the most childish.
->'''Lisa:''' Even you?
->'''Hawking:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No. Not me. Never.]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E22TheySavedLisasBrain They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"
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-> '''[[GuileHero Odysseus:]]''' Yet suddenly you doubt that I could figure this out?\\
'''Eurylochus:''' Captain, how much longer till your luck runs out? How much longer till the show goes south? How much longer till this all falls down? You rely on wit and people die on it.
-->-- "Luck Runs Out," ''EPIC: The Musical''
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-->-- '''[[Literature/TheBible Proverbs 12:15]]'''

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-->-- '''[[Literature/TheBible '''[[Literature/BookOfProverbs Proverbs 12:15]]'''
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->"James Watson, who famously helped define the structure of DNA, gave a long spiel in 2007 that, based upon his research, he believes that [[RacistGrandma black people are mentally inferior.]] So yes, I would completely believe that a scientist would say something extremely stupid."
-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Omega Directive"

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->"James Watson, who famously helped define the structure of DNA, gave a long spiel in 2007 that, based upon his research, he believes that [[RacistGrandma black people are mentally inferior.]] inferior]]. So yes, I would completely believe that a scientist would say something extremely stupid."
-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' ''Website/SFDebris'' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E19TheOmegaDirective The Omega Directive"Directive]]"
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-> '''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': "[[NotSoDifferent I see...a lot of myself in you.]]"\\

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-> '''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': "[[NotSoDifferent I "I see...a lot of myself in you.]]"\\"\\
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-> ''"Demons prefer to deal with those who believe themselves too wise to be fooled."''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', "[[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?name=Demonic+Tutor Demonic Tutor]]"
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-> '''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “[[NotSoDifferent I see...a lot of myself in you.]]”\\
'''Marinette''': “You know, there was a time when that would have been a compliment. Now I can’t think of any greater insult.”\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “Ninety-nine times out of one hundred...you are the ''smartest'' human being in the room. But that...one-hundredth time...really [[PrecisionFStrike fucks]] you over.”\\
'''Marinette''': “[[FaceHeelTurn And this]] was number one hundred, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wasn’t it?]]"\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “This was ''ninety-nine''. Next time... ''you’ll'' lie here instead of me…”
-->-- ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences''

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-> '''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “[[NotSoDifferent "[[NotSoDifferent I see...a lot of myself in you.]]”\\
]]"\\
'''Marinette''': “You "You know, there was a time when that would have been a compliment. Now I can’t can't think of any greater insult.”\\
"\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “Ninety-nine "Ninety-nine times out of one hundred...you are the ''smartest'' human being in the room. But that...one-hundredth time...really [[PrecisionFStrike fucks]] you over.”\\
"\\
'''Marinette''': “[[FaceHeelTurn "[[FaceHeelTurn And this]] was number one hundred, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wasn’t wasn't it?]]"\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “This "This was ''ninety-nine''. Next time... ''you’ll'' ''you'll'' lie here instead of me…”
me…"
-->-- ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences''''Fanfic/TruthAndConsequences''


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->"Rashleigh," said his father, looking fixedly at him, "thou art a sly loon—thou hast ever been too cunning for me, and too cunning for most folks. Have a care thou provena too cunning for thysell—two faces under one hood is no true heraldry."
-->-- ''Literature/RobRoy''
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-> '''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “[[NotSoDifferent I see...a lot of myself in you.]]”\\
'''Marinette''': “You know, there was a time when that would have been a compliment. Now I can’t think of any greater insult.”\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “Ninety-nine times out of one hundred...you are the ''smartest'' human being in the room. But that...one-hundredth time...really [[PrecisionFStrike fucks]] you over.”\\
'''Marinette''': “[[FaceHeelTurn And this]] was number one hundred, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wasn’t it?]]"\\
'''[[spoiler: Gabriel]]''': “This was ''ninety-nine''. Next time... ''you’ll'' lie here instead of me…”
-->-- ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences''
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->"She has everything that a great critic needs except judgment. And I don't mean that facetiously. She has great passion, terrific wit, wonderful writing style, huge knowledge of film history, but too often what she chooses to extol or fails to see is very surprising."
-->-- '''Creator/WoodyAllen''' on Creator/PaulineKael

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