“I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea. The dangers of it only make present to us the peril inherent in all existence, which the stupid, ignorant, un-travelled land-worm never discovers; and the art of it, so mathematical, so exact, so rewarding to intelligence, appeals to courage and clears the mind of superstition, while filling it with humility and true religion.” MindArtMovingHumanityWaterExistenceSeaLandStupidDangerHumilitySolitudeDefinitionsIgnorantShipsMathematicalAppealsSuperstitionsInherentSublimeWormsFillingPerilTrue ReligionMoving Water Author:George Santayana
“Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?” MenMadeWarSoulFightingStupidEternalDefinitionsStupidityBeastIndifferentRavens Author:Richard Eberhart
“Now the guy that got to the top, the CEO, would obviously be stupid to have a number two guy who was a lot smarter than he is. So by definition, since he's a survivor and he got to the top and he isn't that brilliant, his number two guy is going to always be a little worse than he is. So, as time goes on, it's anti-Darwinism, the survival of the un- fittest.” LittlesTwoGuyNumbersStupidGoes OnSurvivalDefinitionsBrilliantSurvivorSmarterCeoDarwinismTime Goes OnTwo Guys Author:Carl Icahn
“My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.” KnowsMenStillsDoneScienceEducationStupidAchievementFellowsDefinitionsEducatedThings To DoRight ThingSincereEducated Man Book:Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering Source: Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering
“A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed them must be either stupid and decieved or have some ulterior motive. We are today a nation where almost everyone in the public eye displays fanaticism with every utterance.” EyeTodayNationsViewsStupidPolicyDefinitionsConvincedMotiveDisplayFanaticismUtterancePublic EyeUlterior Motive Author:Orson Scott Card