Carlo M. Cipolla Quotes

#1. Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#2. A lot of players are slow to change, you're playing good,( you think) why do I want to mess with that ? It takes a lot of testing, a lot of practice and observation of the ball, especially under competitive circumstances, to realize this is a better product and I need to start using it.

David Duval

#3. The "Vasco da Gama's era" ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#4. Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.

James Lovelock

#5. Quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#6. I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

John Piper

#8. Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Eric Maisel

#9. And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either.

Leonard Cohen

#10. Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .

Martin Luther

#11. In London, theatregoers expect to laugh; in Paris, they wait grimly for proof that they should.

Robert Dhery

#12. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#13. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#14. As Dr. Chiang puts it, while Buddha came to China on white elephants, Christ was borne on cannon balls.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#15. Worldlings pray to the Lord in times of need, when it serves their turn. They cry to Him in trouble, but forsake Him in prosperity.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#16. I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension.

Daniel Tosh

#17. The hate I bear thee can afford no better term then this: thou art a villian.

William Shakespeare

#18. If you're going to make music, you need to find the context in which it might be enjoyed.

The Irresistible Force

#19. Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation - or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid.

Carlo M. Cipolla

#20. Yes, aiji-ma." "What is this agreement? You are most valuable when you argue, paidhi! Do not say yes to me!" "I shall most strenuously object when you are wrong, aiji-ma. You have been infallibly right at least this last hour." "Ha.

C.J. Cherryh