“What kind of idiot do you think I am?”
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
”I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,” Miss Jesczenka said. “That’s why I’m asking.”
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)
His response to a journalist calling him a liar.
“What kind of idiot do you think I am?”
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
”I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,” Miss Jesczenka said. “That’s why I’m asking.”
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)
“You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Theme from English B"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Context: You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That’s American.
Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me.
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that’s true!
As I learn from you,
I guess you learn from me —
although you’re older — and white —
and somewhat more free.
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
LKML
June 18, 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/msg/43013fe224f562e0.
2000s, 2007
Jopie Huisman (1922–2000) Dutch painter
translation, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018
version in original Dutch / citaat van Jopie Huisman, in het Nederlands: Voorheen heb ik ook wel eens wat geschilderd, maar omdat ik toen geen antwoord kreeg, ben ik ermee gestopt. Als het een ander niets te zeggen heeft, stop ik ermee. Ik ben geen idioot die in zichzelf zit te praten en naar de punt van het penseel zit te staren. Schilderen doe je met elkaar.
Source: Jopie Huisman', 1981, p. 57
“He makes a pained sound. "Bloody hell, woman, I think a part of me wants to keep you this way.”
Karen Marie Moning (1964) author
Source: Dreamfever
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and Major Michael Hogan, p. 114
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Company (1982)
Chetan Bhagat book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
Variant: The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.
Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage