There was something about such reflex stupidity that never failed to irritate him.

He is a wholly unpredictable man of many moods and great dimension, a man who responds instantaneously to instinct — suddenly, dramatically, wildly he responds, and nobody can predict what will follow.

Not only was Ivan an idiot, but he generated a telepathic damping field that turned people nearby into idiots too.

Ordinary he was insane, But he had lucid moments when he was merely Stupid.

He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity — suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction.

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done, quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

He who is insulted has a right to be outraged, as unpunished audacity only increases!

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad.

Not only was Ivan an idiot, but he generated a telepathic damping field that turned people nearby into idiots, too. He would point this out to Barrayaran Intelligence, who would make of his cousin the newest weapon in their arsenal — if

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

I dare say it is good for one now and again to realize what an idiot one can be! But no one relishes the process.

He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors.

He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock most people, in those days, was to believe that some kinds of behavior were bad and others good, and that it was reasonable to live one's life accordingly.