The first cab off the rank is usually attributed to Mark Twain. Alas the phrase appeared decades after his death in 1910.
This quote’s earliest known version is attributed to French writer Jean Cocteau, who advised actor Yul Brynner in the 1950s to "never associate with idiots on their own level" because they would "beat you every time"on that level.
- 1958: A newspaper column used the word "argue" while still crediting Cocteau
- 1993: The phrase "win with experience" appeared in online forums
- 1997: The full modern version, "beat you with experience," emerged in Usenet newsgroups
- 2011: Goodreads incorrectly listed the quote under Twain, cementing the false attribution on social media
- the quote’s sentiment shares religious roots with Proverbs 26:4 in the Bible, which warns against answering a fool according to their folly
Quote #2
#2 refers to the first of the five basic laws of human stupidity by economic historian Carlo M. Cipollain his 1976 essay “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity”
Cipolla defines a stupidity not by a person’s IQ, but by their actions i.e. someone who causes losses to another person or group while deriving no gain and possibly incurring losses themselves. (I would add self infliction to the definition but Cipolla is dealing with your interaction with other people. So we will ignore our own stupidity for the time being).
Quote #3
Bruce Lee founded Jeet Kune Do, as a new school of martial arts thought. Jeet Kune Do kwas created from Bruce’s experiences in unarmed fighting and self defense. As well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies.
Quote #4
“Wise people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers” @Socrates 470-399 BC
Modern versions use Smart instead of Wise, but feel smart is a more modern term and does not fully capture Socrates intent. This quote is unlikely to be a direct quote of Socrates. But the core message emphasizes that true wisdom is not about the volume of facts one knows, but about the openness to continual learning and the intellectual humility to admit what one does not know.
Socrates is considered by many to be the founding father of Western moral philosophy.
Quote #5
This quote is from closer to home. Every morning at work we have to endure what is called The Prestart. This is where supervision exchanges information with the team.
At the beginning of each shutdown we arrive early for a special Prestart called “Expectations” where supervision runs through some expectations with regard to housekeeping and safety, mainly for the people new to site. It is pretty much the same every time.
Big Rob always tells us
”There is no such thing as a stupid question”
I have always been tempted to challenge that assertion. But after becoming aware of the Universal Law of Stupidity. It turns out that is true. The mere fact that the question was asked disqualifies it under the Law of Stupidity because it is asking a question and displaying “critical thinking”. Maybe not so much critical but definitely thinking.
Quote #6
Finishing with an oldie but a goodie but with a slight twist.
It is a variation of the misattributed to Einstein quote
”insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”
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