“Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.”
“Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
“Too many people who don't know anything about anything say too much about what they don't know.”
“And I'm a little mean to people who are dumb. And most people are dumb.”
“It is not really hard to do nothing. Many can. The hard part is doing nothing without feeling guilty about it.”
“What do you think it is to be normal?'Why in the world would you want to be?' she says.I don't know. I guess that's the problem.'I don't think normal is that great.'But so many people choose it,' I reply.I don't think that's it at all. I think most everyone is normal and some of us, for whatever reason, choose to reject that and wear ruby red slippers or old black hats.'Well, why do we choose the hard road?”