7 Quotes About Imbecile

Imbeciles have the same qualities as the highly intelligent. They are intellectuals. They have a great memory. And their thoughts are clear and bright Read more

In fact, they’re more intelligent than the highly intelligent. In this sense, it can be said that imbecile is a synonym for genius. These quotes about imbecile can come in handy whenever we feel like we’ve lost the plot or we don’t know what we’re doing and where we’re going.

Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or...
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Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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An elementary school student asked me the NOT “politically correct” question, “Is an idiot smarter than a moron?” I had to Google it because I was afraid to respond in today’s PC society and didn’t want to offend him, his parents, or anyone else. Here’s what I found. Technically, a moron is smarter than an idiot. An imbecile is also smarter than an idiot. Although today the words are considered insulting and derogatory, prior to the 1960s they were widely used as actual psychology terms associated with intelligence on an IQ test. An IQ between: 00-25 = Idiot 26-50 = Imbecile 51-70 = MoronExplaining all of this to a nine year old with an IQ of 130 made me feel like society has turned all adults into one of the above, myself included. When I told him that I’m afraid to openly say it, the nine year old said, “Adults are idiots! . Ray Palla
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No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles. Criss Jami
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These are the words of a fool: I am happy to be a fool, for i won't spend my time gazing at lines difficult to decipher, while my mates are drinking with glee. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring. Charles Benedict Davenport
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In which case, why not cancer of the brain? As a terrified, half-aware imbecile, I might even scream for a priest at the close of business, though I hereby state while I am still lucid that the entity thus humiliating itself would not in fact be “me.” (Bear this in mind, in case of any later rumors or fabrications.) Christopher Hitchens