“Teach you to try marrying me, you idiot!”
Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters
Source: The Sea of Monsters
“You know there’s no advantage to be gained by murdering idiots—it doesn’t teach the idiot anything and it might give onlookers the idea that you take them seriously.”
— Charles Stross, book Halting State
Source: Halting State (2007), Chapter 6, “Elaine: Death or Coffee” (p. 42)
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Patricia Conde (1979) Spanish actress
La fama no cambia a nadie, lo único que hace es descubrir a los idiotas; si eres un idiota anónimo, sólo lo saben en tu casa y poco más, pero cuando eres famoso, lo sabrán en todo el mundo que lo eres.
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Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist
Source: Just Like Heaven
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)
“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
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Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
Jair Bolsonaro (1955) Brazilian president elect
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“Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know… live and let live.”
David Gilmour (1946) guitarist, singer, best known as a member of Pink Floyd
About the band, in Dark Side of the Moon Sessions
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)