How was I to
How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before! Gail Carriger
Idiocy
C being what it
C being what it is lacks support for multiple return values, so the notion that it is meaningful to pass pointers to memory objects into which any random function may write random values without having a clue where they point, has not been debunked as the sheer idiocy it really is. Erik Naggum
This individual does not
This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins. Elizabeth Moon
When a new post-war
When a new post-war generation has grown to puberty and to youth and to manhood and womanhood, it should read, and it should be realistically told, of the futility, the idiocy, the utter depravity of war. For that matter, this instruction could begin at the age of six with the taking of those toy guns … Read more
O Voltaire! O humanity!
O Voltaire! O humanity! O idiocy! There is something ticklish in \”the truth,\” and in the SEARCH for the truth; and if man goes about it too humanely-\”il ne cherche le vrai que pour faire le bien\”-I wager he finds nothing! Friedrich Nietzsche
All that the world
All that the world most needs today, is combined in the most seductive manner in his art, — the three great stimulants of exhausted people: brutality, artificiality and innocence (idiocy). Friedrich Nietzsche
Behind the newspaper Julian
Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind of mental bubble in which he established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around him. From it he could see out and … Read more
The greatest competition of
The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been. Fidel Castro
The selection of a
The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is – and I mean this seriously – the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been. Fidel Castro
Lying on the floor,
Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men. Diana Gabaldon