Cipolla Cox Quotes & Sayings

Quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed. — Carlo M. Cipolla

As Dr. Chiang puts it, while Buddha came to China on white elephants, Christ was borne on cannon balls. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake. — Carlo M. Cipolla

No matter how high are one's estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that:
a) people whom one had once judged rational and intelligent turn out to be unashamedly stupid.
b) day after day, with unceasing monotony, one is harassed in one's activities by stupid individuals who appear suddenly and unexpectedly in the most inconvenient places and at the most improbable moments. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. — William Styron

It was a crazy idea. But, as usual, that's all Percy had. — Rick Riordan

Without a dream, life is meaningless. — Sunday Adelaja

The "Vasco da Gama's era" ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Winning 'American Idol' gives the opportunity to really help make a change to a lot of lives, and making a difference has given me the greatest satisfaction and joy. — Taylor Hicks

All cultures forged by nations - the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and the ancestral wealth of Africa and Oceania - are corroded by the American way of life. In this way, neoliberalism imposes the destruction of nations and groups of nations in order to reconstruct them according to a single model. This is a planetary war, of the worst and cruelest kind, waged against humanity. — Subcomandante Marcos

Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open? — Agatha Christie

Hearts. I don't think I'd be able to handle it either if you changed your mind. — Elizabeth Reyes

A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty. — William Shakespeare

Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. — Bertrand Russell

Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation - or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid. — Carlo M. Cipolla

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose. — Tim Kaine

Anger is the fluid that love bleeds when it gets cut. — C.S. Lewis

Words" he growled.
His mental message almost changed my mind.
"Your all the fun I need, Chloe. When will you figure it out? I. Want.You. — Carol Van Atta