“There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.”
Source: The Wizard of Ooze
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David Farland3
American writer 1957Related quotes
“Genius does not excuse evil.”
Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those”
Iain Banks (1954–2013) Scottish writer
“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.”
Margaret Atwood book Surfacing
Source: Surfacing
“With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
Quotes from interviews, Sydney Morning Herald interview (2003)
Context: You can make fun with Saddam Hussein jokes … but you can't make fun of, say, the concentration camps. I think my target was not so much evil, but benign stupidity people doing stupid things without realising or, instead, thinking they were doing good.
“Self-righteousness loves to pounce on an evil which by sheer accident is not its particular evil.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer
Cosmic Command
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma