Stephen Vizinczey

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#stupidity #education

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth? ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#am #believing #between #centre #church

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#between #character #comes #even #imaginations

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#cure #education #formal #formal education #fortifies

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#assumption #based #culture #know #nothing

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#eyes #greatness #tragedy #you #your

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#ignorance #our #race #scientific #survived