“The first thing a psychologist learns is to keep her mouth shut around laymen.”
Source: …And All the Stars a Stage (1971; [serialized in 1960]), Chapter 13 (p. 180)
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James Blish 30
American author 1921–1975Related quotes
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Cited as an example of "What Mark Twain Didn't Say" in Mark Twain by Geoffrey C. Ward, et al.
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Variant: It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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