“Minds that are stupid and incapable of science are in the order of nature to be regarded as monsters and other extraordinary phenomena; minds of this sort are rare. Hence I conclude that there are great resources to be found in children, which are suffered to vanish with their years. It is evident, therefore, that it is not of nature, but of our own negligence, we ought to complain.” YearsMindChildrenOrderFoundEducationStupidOughtResourcesExtraordinaryComplainingMonstersIncapableEvidentNegligence Author:Quintilian
“They are people who, by and large, think the Administration's policy - and the Iranian case is a classic one - is very stupid. They can't get that view in, and so by talking to me, they accomplish something. It's a way of saying, this ought to be discussed, we got to get this out. That's a form of patriotism, in a funny way.” PeopleThinkingWayFormViewsTalkingCasesStupidPolicyOughtAccomplishAdministrationClassicIranianVery Stupid Author:Seymour Hersh
“I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.” ThinkingWayShouldWellsPersonsEnoughBeautifulSpeakStupidOughtProudFoundationBeautiful ThingsElegantSpeak The TruthI Was Stupid Book:Great dialogues of Plato Source: Great dialogues of Plato
“I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And when a girl comes along who has about twice the regular allowance, she too often makes a bee line for me with the love light in her eyes. I don't know how to account for it, but it is so." "It may be Nature's provision for maintaining the balance of the species, sir.” KnowsWellsMayMeanLightEyeGirlLinesBrainHalfKnow HowStupidOughtAmountBalanceNormalAccountsSpeciesBeesHer EyesMaintainingProvisionAllowanceBlokes Author:P. G. Wodehouse