He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence. (Michael Lewis (author))

He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.

Michael Lewis (author)

Related topics

ignorance ignorant intelligence knowingness mistake people stupidity

Related quotes

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. View quote
Terry Pratchett
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. View quote
Douglas Adams
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. View quote
Aleister Crowley
Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. View quote
Fred Allen
I am not in favor of imposing happiness on people. Everyone has a right to his bad wine, to his stupidity, and to his dirty fingernails. View quote
Milan Kundera