Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
“We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
Context: Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
“It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Compare: "It ain't no use to sit and sigh now, darlin." Paul Clayton, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone).
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
“You're thinking I'm a hopelessly romantic idiot.
And you know what?
You're right.”
Sonya Sones book What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
Source: What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
“I know, I'm an idiot!" Leo moaned. "A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.”
Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries
Source: The Demigod Diaries
Harry Chapin (1942–1981) American musician
It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains
Song lyrics, Living Room Suite (1978)
“I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.”
Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer
Source: Once Was Lost
Ray Bradbury book Dandelion Wine
Source: Dandelion Wine (1957), p. 142
Context: “I don’t know,” he admitted.
“Well.” She started pouring tea. “To start things off, what do you think of the world?”
“I don’t know anything.”
“The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you’re seventeen you know everything. When you’re twenty-seven if you still know everything you’re still seventeen.”
“You seem to have learned quite a lot over the years.”
“It is the privilege of old people to seem to know everything. But it’s an act and a mask, like every other act and mask. Between ourselves, we old ones wink at each other and smile, saying, How do you like my mask, my act, my certainty? Isn’t life a play? Don’t I play it well?”
They both laughed quietly.
