William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Annotations to Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses, pp. xvii–xcviii (c. 1798–1809)
1790s
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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variants: <br class="br">I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots. <br class="br">I fear the day when technology overlaps our humanity. It will be then that the world will have permanent ensuing generations of idiots. <br class="br">1995 film Powder includes a similar quotation attributed to Einstein: <br class="br">It’s become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity. <br class="br">Although it is a popular quote on the internet, there is no substantial evidence that Einstein actually said that. It does not appear in "The Ultimate Quotable Einstein" from Princeton University Press nor in any reliable source. " Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/19/tech-surpass/" concluded that it probably emerged as a meme on the internet as late as 2012. <br class="br">Misattributed
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
Our Federal Union (1975), p. 248
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Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 7 (p. 59)
“One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.”
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Was written in a slightly different way by Leo Longanesi in Italian, above form has been attributed to Kafka without evidence. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Source: One Idiot Is One Idiot. Two Idiots Are Two Idiots. Ten Thousand Idiots Are a Political Party, Quote Investigator, 2021-10-08 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/08/idiots/,
“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
José Maria Eça de Queiroz book Cartas de Inglaterra
Em geral, nós outros, os Portugueses, só começamos a ser idiotas – quando chegamos à idade da razão. Em pequenos temos todos uma pontinha de génio.
"A Literatura de Natal"; "Christmas Literature" p. 42.
Cartas de Inglaterra (1879–82)
