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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-American physicist
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Added on 16-Sep-16 | Last updated 25-Jan-25
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Topics: abilities, capability, education, genius, specialization, talents, uniqueness
More quotes by Einstein, Albert Most of the other shops were in fact impossible to identify. When a shop appeared to sell a mixture of ghetto blasters, socks, soap and chickens, it didn’t seem unreasonable to go in and ask if they’d got any paper or toothpaste stuck away in one of their shelves as well, but they looked at me as if I was completely mad. Couldn’t I see that this was a ghetto blaster, socks, soap and chicken shop?
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 3 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]
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Shopping in Kinshasa, Zaire.
Though the trip to see the northern white rhino was taken, and the chapter about it is in the book, it was
not included in the BBC Radio series (1989).
Adams reading the 1992 audiobook can be heard
here.
Added on 27-Jul-15 | Last updated 29-Jul-26
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Topics: foreigner, market, shopping, specialization, travel
More quotes by Adams, Douglas There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist
Column (1931-07-05), “Weekly Article”
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See also his comment
here.
Added on 5-Feb-15 | Last updated 2-Jul-24
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Topics: education, ignorance, knowledge, specialization, stupidity
More quotes by Rogers, Will You know, Percy, everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist
Column (1924-08-31), “Weekly Article: From Nuts to Soup”
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A common catch phrase of Rogers'.
Collected in
The Illiterate Digest, "Defending My Soup Plate Position" (1924).
Added on 23-May-08 | Last updated 17-Oct-25
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Topics: human condition, human nature, ignorance, knowledge, perspective, specialization
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