“Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways?” WayImportantAgeFacesCoursesFatherLosesMiddleStupidPreparedArguingMiddle AgesOur FatherPrestigeNot Stupid Author:Robertson Davies
“You're people, in short, who must be stupid, insane, or evil to continue arguing in the face of indisputable facts and irrefutable logic that others must be forced into a state of helplessness and victimized by individual criminals or the state. Stupid, insane, or evil.” PeopleStatesFactsFacesEvilIndividualStupidLogicCriminalsArguingInsaneHelplessness Author:L. Neil Smith
“So let me tell you this, when it comes to...trying to introduce other people to Jesus. Don't get mad at them: it's not because they're stupid. It's because they're blind. Yelling louder, arguing harder, pushing firmer won't make someone who is blind see. Pray for them, speak to them, care for them.” PeopleTryingCareJesusSpeakStupidPrayingLet MeHarderBlindMadArguingPushingIntroducingYelling Author:Mark Driscoll
“It's a little awkward to know that the world is going to see you and your mom argue about stupid things and watch me get grounded...again.” KnowsWorldLittlesWatchesStupidMomArguingAwkwardGroundedYour MomStupid ThingsWatch Me Author:Cheyenne Kimball
“I've never had a stupid student in my life. I never look down on my students. I never thought, "Look at these people." I might argue with them and I think that some of them might have misconceptions - that they might be infected by the intellectual laziness that is the foundation of American popular culture, and of capitalism, if you wish. But part of my job as a teacher is to work with that - against that.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksMightJobsCultureWishTeacherStupidStudentsIntellectualCapitalismFoundationArguingLazinessMisconceptionPopular CultureIntellectual Laziness Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I have spent a lot of time arguing that the theory of group selection is not the stupid, pernicious doctrine that many biologists once claimed it to be. The theory is not just conceptually coherent; there are adaptations out there in nature (like reduced virulence in some viruses) that evolved because there was group selection.” GroupsStupidTheoryArguingDoctrineSelectionAdaptationVirusesPerniciousBiologist Author:Elliott Sober