A Quote by Charlie Brooker

Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning.

Charlie Brooker

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Idiots Lifeboats Man Winning

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Charlie Brooker
English - Critic
Born: March 3, 1971

People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.

Iain Banks

If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now idiots. And I should not be surprised, although I don't know, if there were some such idiots even in Germany.

C. Wright Mills

This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

Linus Torvalds

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.

Dalia Mogahed

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.

Vance Havner

No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboats, righting capsized lifeboats, and handing over food and water. Rescue runs counter to the most primitive demands of warfare for the destruction of enemy ships and crews. Be hard, remember that the enemy has no regard for women and children when he bombs German cities.

Karl Donitz

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

Linus Torvalds

If you're surrounded by idiots, you're the unpopular one and the odd one out because idiots don't like smart asses.

Ricky Gervais

We need an idiot middle ground, where we have to be honest and say, kids can be idiots and cops can be idiots.

Greg Gutfeld

Since there are so many idiots out there, you may actually start to think you're crazy. You are not. They are idiots.

Lewis Black

Studio people are idiots. Until they see someone else doing it and make a success of it, they don't open their minds. Most of them are idiots.

Rob Schneider

Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.

Walter Dean Myers

Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I've had is winning, and that's ridiculous.