Top 100 Sayings About An Idiot
#1. Politics works on the principle that an idiot who knows more idiots is an intelligent.
Thiruman Archunan
#2. To generalize is to be an idiot, said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities are the lenses with which our intellects have to manage.
C.S. Lewis
#3. If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.
Robert Smith
#4. He just looked at her as if she were an idiot. Or a woman. It was Tillie's experience that most men thought they were one and the same.
Julia Quinn
#5. The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that.
Dean Wareham
#6. Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth
Christopher Hitchens
#7. The man with the gray eyes is a born leader, and only an idiot would mistake him for anything else.
Amanda Bouchet
#8. But you were concerned about making sure things, you know, didn't get serious."
"Yeah, because I'm an idiot.
Robyn Carr
#9. What are you, in love with her?" Travis says. "You're staring like an idiot."
The weird thing is, I think I am.
Alex Flinn
#10. Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.
Christopher Hitchens
#11. I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one ... Then I thought he was a genus.
Mark Twain
#12. Ah. I suppose." Oh, this was deeply unpleasant. Being trapped into meaningless small talk with an idiot had never intrigued him, even on a good day. Which this wasn't.
Morgan Rhodes
#13. I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot.
Michael Vartan
#14. Whoever coined the phrase 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder,' was an idiot.
Absence makes a bitch go crazy.
Toni Aleo
#15. There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has no sorrow, only an idiot has no grief - but then only a fool and an idiot will let grief and sorrow ride him down into the grave.
Edward Abbey
#16. A real apology cost something, because you had to stand there like an idiot and say it out loud for the world to hear - I'M SORRY. And the world, as always, would respond with a resounding, 'Yes. Yes, you are.
David Arnold
#17. I shouldn't be held responsible for my acts, since I was a political idiot, an artist who could not distinguish between reality and dreams
Kurt Vonnegut
#18. When I'm tired, I see industrial pictures. But I'll see one every two months. If I see one every day, I'll become an idiot.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
#19. You've given aid and they've received it. And yet, like an idiot, you keep holding out for more: to be credited with a Good Deed, to be repaid in kind. Why?
Marcus Aurelius
#20. I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.
Janet Evanovich
#21. Trying to show people how talented and bright you are is the best way to make an idiot of yourself, and we ended up doing that with flying colors.
Paul Stanley
#22. A man who doesn't know the truth is just an idiot, but a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie is a crook.
Bertolt Brecht
#23. Forgive me ... I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
Lloyd Alexander
#24. Whoever invented God is an idiot. God is absolutely man's worst invention.
Chris Lowe
#25. There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.
Tim Robbins
#26. Puck shook her head ruefully. "We haven't even solved the first problem, and I'm worrying about the next one. I must be an idiot."
"No," Hush said, wiggling an impossible finger at her. "Only kindness. Very much kindness.
Annette Curtis Klause
#27. I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot.
Jon Hamm
#28. All the people in the Kuo-ch'ing monastery They say, "Han-shan is an idiot." "Am I really an idiot:" I reflect. But my reflections fail to solve the question: for I myself do not know who the self is, And how can others know who I am?
Hanshan
#29. The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.
Andre Breton
#30. I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.
Lindsey Vonn
#31. A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot
John Calvin
#32. Dennis, please. I don't know what-"
"Shut the fuck up, and stop playing me for an idiot. And secondly, and more importantly, I've unearthed some disturbing information about you which I want to discuss in more detail before I fill you with holes.
Simon Kernick
#33. Oh, what a mess life was! Why had she been such an idiot as to marry Charles of all people and have her life end at sixteen?
Margaret Mitchell
#34. Do not be intimidated by a smart person. It is easier to debate a smart person than to argue with an idiot.
Randall Dale Adams
#35. He doesn't scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he's angry with me. 'Don't be an idiot,' he says.
'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket?
'You were lying.
Veronica Roth
#36. The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it.
Susan Faludi
#37. Judge, criticize, object before you decide to believe something; but once you believe, you're but an idiot if you need to be scrupulous any more.
Raheel Farooq
#38. So do you think it's true what they say? About girls liking bastards?'
'He's not a bastard. He's an idiot.'
'Do girls like idiots then?
David Nicholls
#39. If it does not work the first time, try, try again. Then quit. No need to be an idiot.
W.C. Fields
#40. Vasily laughed. "I can't decide if you're a fearmonger or a coward."
"And I can't decide if you're an idiot or an idiot.
Leigh Bardugo
#41. If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.
Horace Mann
#42. When you know someone is keeping secrets from you it makes you feel like an idiot, and no one likes feeling like an idiot. Mum
Fredrik Backman
#43. I thought I was pretty damn clever. She said that was all right, she'd make three wishes. The first was that I wouldn't piss this money away being an idiot and forgetting I had
Nora Roberts
#44. Islington smiled superciliously. "Lucifer?" It said. "Lucifer was an idiot. It wound up lord and master of nothing at all." The marquis grinned. "And you wound up lord and master of two thugs and a roomful of candles?
Neil Gaiman
#45. The Law of Moronic Ubiquity: Anything in the universe that is generally considered to be idiot-proof will eventually be ruined by an idiot.
Ian Strang
#46. I saved you," Andersen said at last, slowly but firmly, like Pat was an idiot child who had to be reminded of the basic rules of the universe. To wit: Gravity exists. Time purports to flow in a linear fashion, but it's only trying to fool us. I saved you.
Alex Gabriel
#47. Watson."
"What?"
"I'm sorry I picked a fight with you," Holmes said sleepily. "But you should know I had a good reason."
"I know, I was being an idiot."
"No, it wasn't your fault. The note said you'd be killed if you stayed, so I fixed it. I was horrible until you went away.
Brittany Cavallaro
#48. Your knight in shining aroumor may just be an idiot in tin-foil.
Alexis M. Smith
#49. Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
#51. For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'
Steven Seagal
#52. If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel ... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.
Martin Van Creveld
#53. Words are useless without action. Stop fantasizing and just DO it. Be a "game changer" or get played like an idiot.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#54. What you call looking like an idiot are splashes of mediatic splendor that give shine to your personality and make you more human, more likable. If ethical and aesthetic principles no longer exist, looking like an idiot disappears as a consequence.
Niccolo Ammaniti
#55. As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.
Elle King
#56. He is an idiot," I said. "One who thinks he's a genius/ They're the most dangerous kind."
"No, the most dangerous kind are the ones with power," he said.
Aimee Carter
#57. Any possible universe could be explained as the work of some sort of designer. Even a universe that is completely chaotic ... could be supposed to have been designed by an idiot.
Steven Weinberg
#58. like an idiot pitching change into a well that nobody ever said was open for wishing.
Kathleen Rooney
#59. You were difficult enough to catch, Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and decided that she would not waste too many seconds concerning herself with his existence.
Stieg Larsson
#60. By passing your GCSEs you prove that you're not an idiot ... But by passing your A levels you prove that you're smart
Ben Mitchell
#61. You're weird. I thought brothers were supposed to pretend their sisters were sexless."
...
"I'm your brother, not an idiot. If he hurts you, I'll crush him, but I want you to be happy. You want him and that's enough for me.
Lauren Dane
#62. You sacrificed yourself to save a lot of people.' Her words sounded like a compliment. Her tone sounded like she was calling me an idiot.
Rick Riordan
#63. I suddenly realised, hey, I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm an idler! It's something to aspire to, it's part of the creative process! That's fantastic!
Tom Hodgkinson
#64. You want me to marry Paul? But he is a moron and an idiot! He hasn't learned to fight properly, and he can't even read."
The king's smile widened. "I knew you'd like him.
Katharina Gerlach
#65. I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.
Domhnall Gleeson
#66. My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away.
"A cute idiot," Ally corrects me.
"That's like saying 'a cute mutant.' Doesn't exist.
Lauren Oliver
#68. it is better to remain silent and be thought an idiot, than to speak and remove all doubt'.
Craig Alanson
#69. Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed.
Carl Hiaasen
#70. I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and I practically collapsed. I couldn't stop crying, I had to go off sobbing like an idiot.
Candice Bergen
#71. I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.
Sally Kellerman
#72. He knew he probably sounded like an idiot to the scholars, but sometimes an idiot's perspective ended up getting more things done.
James Rollins
#73. I'm a very lucky person. I'm an idiot, and I've shoveled through life rather nicely so far, so I don't feel like I deserve good treatment.
John Mulaney
#74. I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, "Dad's an idiot," which lasted a little longer than I'd like.
Tim Allen
#75. I'm not a Communist. I'm an American. I'm a capitalist. I mean, I'm not a very good capitalist, myself. I'm not very good at it, but it's not that I'm not for capitalism. But people who believe in things like corporate citizenship, it's idiotic. I mean, it shows you're an idiot.
Fran Lebowitz
#76. There's Insanity on Both Sides of the Debate When You Argue with an Idiot.
Ernie J Zelinski
#77. What an idiot Santa is for flying around alone. Because who would want to travel the world without another person's heartbeat beside him?
Rachel Cohn
#78. To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere.
Dennis Prager
#79. He made me feel an idiot, even when I knew he was a bigger one than I.
Tracy Chevalier
#80. So between you and me," I tell Justine on the phone that night, "we're either bitchy or stupid."
"Oh God," she moans. "Everyone thinks I'm an idiot."
"Thanks!
Melina Marchetta
#81. Don't delete it, don't are you an idiot???
Yes or No??
You have done it and now you must get the consequences, like it or not that's a lesson you must learn it.
Deyth Banger
#82. That's what an idiot does when he gets angry. He destroys whatever's nearest, even if it's his own house!
Joe Abercrombie
#83. The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
Sid Caesar
#85. I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I'm not an idiot. I don't live in a magical bubble where orgasms fall from the sky and land in a woman's bed every time she has sex. I know they fake it sometimes.
Elle Kennedy
#86. Nothing is bigger than life. There's nothing noble in death. What's noble about never seeing the sunshine again? What's noble about having your legs and arms blown off? What's noble about being an idiot? What's noble about being blind and deaf and dumb? What's noble about being dead?
Dalton Trumbo
#87. Don't you call me an idiot!" said Neville. "I don't think you should be breaking any more rules! And you were the one who told me to stand up to people!" "Yes, but not to us," said Ron in exasperation.
J.K. Rowling
#88. Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.
Lucy Lawless
#89. He gave me a wink and a crooked smile, and I was left there, grinning like an idiot.
Kiera Cass
#90. The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.
Jay Leno
#91. I'd been an idiot to think that this was anything but a quest. Searches were nice and soft and cuddly and no one need be killed. A quest always demanded the death of a trusted colleague and one or more difficult dilemmas. I'd been in denial. I'd been a fool.
Jasper Fforde
#92. People ... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.'
Chris Farley
#93. He must be an idiot to feel this way, but there's nothing he can do. He doesn't even know if he can manage to speak.
Alice Hoffman
#94. Of course you have an e-mail, you idiot, just read it!
Chris Jericho
#95. Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible restraint over common decency.
Amelie Nothomb
#96. He's this Goth dude, can control people." "Goth, like a Visigoth German Viking of the middle ages, or a Neil Gaiman-looking, Robert Smith, make-up-and-moonbeams Cure fan?" "What's a Neil Gaiman?" "You're an idiot.
Charles De Lint
#97. No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.
George Bernard Shaw
#98. I cared what everybody thought more than what I thought. Or more than my heart thought. And that makes me an idiot.
Andrea Portes
#99. Lawyers make nothing but confusion ... A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people much more stupid than himself, and by God he's always right.
Thomas Bernhard
#100. You know what you are? You're a beard with an idiot hanging off it.
Dylan Moran
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