Holly

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
― Mark Twain

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov

“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination.”
― Andrew Lang