Idiot Quotes - Page 32

• What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?

  Cassandra Clare

  Annoying, Reasonable, Will Herondale

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• The idiot had shot their own dog. That’s what happened when the destructive potential of a man’s weapons exceeded his intelligence.

  Ilona Andrews

  Dog, Men, Weapons

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• Al walks in, and I don't even have to ask him to help me, he just walks over and strips bedding with me. i will have to scrub the frame later. Al carries the stack of sheets to the trash and together we walk toward the training room. "Ignore him," Al says. "He's an idiot, and if you don't get angry, he'll stop eventually.

  Veronica Roth

  Training, Together, Als

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• Any idiot can stand in front of a target," I say. "It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall is a sign of cowardice" "Then it should be easy for you," Eric sys. "If you're willing ot take his place.

  Veronica Roth

  Bullying, Eric, Target

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• Getting a life’ is something only a complete idiot could believe. Like you can just drive to a store and get a life. See it in its shiny box and look inside the plastic window and catch a glimpse of yourself in a new life and say, ‘Wow, I look much happier — I think this is the life I need to get!’, take it to the counter, ring it up, put it on your credit card. If getting a life was that easy, we’d be one blissed-out race.

  John Green

  Believe, Thinking, Race

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.44, Penguin

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• You were difficult enough to catch,” Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and decided that she would not waste too many seconds concerning herself with his existence.

  Steig Larsson

  Long, Looks, Waste

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• Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.

  H. L. Mencken

  Two, Three, Congress

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.622, Vintage

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• I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Selfish, Silly, Love You

  "Fictional character: Rhett". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all.

  Lisa Gardner

  Thinking, Arrogant, World

  Lisa Gardner (2003). “The Survivors Club: A Thriller”, p.160, Bantam

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• I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Prove, Clockwork

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.953, Simon and Schuster

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• If I lose you because of the blind idiot I've been then I will be the one who is destroyed

  Abbi Glines

  Blind, Ifs, Destroyed

  Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.407, Simon and Schuster

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• I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not unreasonably. He had moved closer to Tessa as the conversation had continued. As they stood side by side, the backs of their hands brushed. "The Clave. The postman. Us. Anyone," said Will, shooting an irritated look at Gabriel, who was starting to get some color back and looked furious. "I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

  Cassandra Clare

  Taken, Hands, Color

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• Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God, no," Fletcher said laughing. "I'd drop it." "It's not an it, it's my baby sister. Go on, hold her. You won't make a mess of it, i swear. Only an idiot could drop a baby." "You always say I am an idiot." "But you're a special kind of idiot. Here." She passed Alice into his arms, and he stood there, rigid, a look of intense concentration on his face.

  Derek Landy

  Baby, Laughing, Special

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• You’re an idiot, Maxon Schreave. Your parents have completely sabotaged you. You could have a thousand girls set before you, and it wouldn’t matter. You’re too stupid to see love when it stands right in front of you.

  Kiera Cass

  Girl, Stupid, Parent

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• I’m not going to pass out-” He cut her off with a kiss. “If you did, I’d catch you.” Gods, he’d laugh at either of his brothers if they said that to their mates, the pussywhipped idiots.

  Larissa Ione

  Brother, Cutting, Kissing

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• Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.

  Julia Quinn

  Men, Today, Knows

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• Hilary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they’re wrong.

  Thomas Sowell

  Children, Party, Believe

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• Dazed, Nick nodded, then looked to Caleb. “I’m such an effing idiot.” “We knew that,” he said drily. “We definitely didn’t have to throw you into a coma for that little-known nugget.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nuggets, Littles, Caleb

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Inferno: Number 4 in series”, p.199, Hachette UK

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• No more, no less. I'm an idiot. I really need to let this crush go.

  Pittacus Lore

  Crush, Needs

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• Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.

  Markus Zusak

  Lots Of Friends, Observation

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Glad it was you and not me," Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. "Any brain damage?" "Since the bullet actually passed through his brain, then yes, idiot boy, there's certainly brain damage," Oliver said. "It will pass. His brain's the least fragile thing about him." "You say the nicest things," Myrin said. He was slurring his words, and he threw an arm around Oliver's neck. "Marry me.

  Rachel Caine

  Boys, Hands Up, Brain

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• It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going.

  Anne Lamott

  Moving, Fall, Helping Others

  Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.36, Penguin

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• Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fashion, Powerful, Decision

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.150, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be the French version of the village idiot

  Sara Shepard

  Thinking, Hot, Would Be

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• Haruhi: This is a sibling squabble, not a fight to the death! You're both wrong, and acting like idiots only proves it!

  Bisco Hatori

  Sibling, Fighting, Acting

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