“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.” TryingFactsViewsPowerfulCommonOne ThingStupidFitVery PowerfulVery Stupid Author:Tom Baker
“If we view our children as stupid, naughty, disturbed, or guilty of their misdeeds, they will learn to behold themselves as foolish, faulty, or shameful specimens of humanity. They will regard us as judges from whom they wish to hide, and they will interpret everything we say as further proof of their unworthiness. If we view them as innocent, or at least merely ignorant, they will gain understanding from their experiences, and they will continue to regard us as wise partners.” IfsChildrenHumanityWishUnderstandingViewsWiseStupidJudgingGainsRegardOur ChildrenProofPartnersFoolishIgnorantInnocentGuiltyDisturbedShamefulNaughtyMisdeeds Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“I'd heard so many stupidities about my country since I left Iran. People had watched this stupid movie Not Without My Daughter [in which Sally Field plays an American who rescues her daughter from her estranged in-laws in Iran]; I heard so many things like that. I did not make Persepolis for Iranians. It was my answer to the rest of the world, to say, "Let me give you another point of view."” PeopleWorldGivingCountryPlayLawLeftAnswersViewsHeardStupidFieldsDaughterLet MeStupidityPoint Of ViewIranMy DaughterRescueIn-lawsPersepolisStupid Movie Author:Marjane Satrapi
“A man is called affected, nowadays, if he dresses as he likes to dress. But in doing that he is acting in a perfectly natural manner. Affectation, in such matters, consists in dressing according to the views of one's neighbour, whose views, as they are the views of the majority, will probably be extremely stupid.” IfsMenMatterNaturalViewsActingStupidDressesMajorityLikesAffectedDressingsNeighbourPerfectly Natural Book:Aphorisms Source: Aphorisms
“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
“If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.” IfsShouldSaidProcessViewsStupidShould HaveEmbarrassingStupid ThingsConfirmation Author:David Brooks
“In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.” MenFactsSeemsViewsStupidLimitsStupidityUnfairStupidity And IgnoranceStupidity Of ManStupidity And IntelligenceNational Intelligence Author:Konrad Adenauer
“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
“The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of looking at the world, and the whole of history might have been different. For sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.” MenWorldWayNeedsFirstsHumansHas BeensDifferentWholeMightVoiceViewsStupidIntelligentAccidentsDrivenDifferent WaysSheepMight Have BeenGoatsShepherdsSmall Gods Author:Terry Pratchett