“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Catch Phrases
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“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Quote from Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp (1987) by Pierre Cabanne
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1981 - 1989
Sam Manekshaw (1914–2008) First Field marshal of the Indian Army
During a lecture on leadership quoted in [Field Marshal KM Kariappa Memorial Lectures, 1995-2000, http://books.google.com/books?id=Eux31FCNj8MC&pg=PA21, 2001, Lancer Publishers, 978-81-7062-119-5, 21–]
“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/,
Jane Addams (1860–1935) pioneer settlement social worker
Source: Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910), Ch. 6
“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
“If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.”
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) German late baroque era composer