--- title: "1 People Fools Quotes By Ted Nelson" description: "1 People Fools quotes by Ted Nelson. Plus more from Ted Nelson and more People Fools sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png" --- > [Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is-malignant-god-does-not-exist/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png) ## More by Ted Nelson > [The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/the-problem-is-not-software-friendliness-it-is-conceptual-clarity-a/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [I have long been alarmed by people's sheeplike acceptance of the term 'computer technology' - it sounds so objective and inexorable - when most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/i-have-long-been-alarmed-by-people-s-sheeplike-acceptance-of-the-term/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/how-is-ms-dos-like-msg-both-raise-your-blood-pressure-and-give-you-a/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [You can and must understand computers NOW.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/you-can-and-must-understand-computers-now/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/power-corrupts-and-obsolete-power-corrupts-obsoletely/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which I am, and I believe that I am much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/i-am-looking-at-it-from-the-point-of-view-of-a-harried-user-which-i/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/the-web-is-trivially-simple-massively-successful-and-its-like-karaoke/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/so-i-was-always-frustrated-having-to-write-and-having-to-cut-things/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/telling-computer-guys-that-they-need-to-have-permission-to-quote/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/the-ideas-keep-going-you-have-the-material-you-cut-because-there-s-a/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/in-my-second-year-in-graduate-school-i-took-a-computer-course-and/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/the-technicalities-matter-a-lot-but-the-unifying-vision-matters-more/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [Making things easy is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/making-things-easy-is-hard/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/project-xanadu-is-essentially-my-trademark-it-was-originally-and-has/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) > [Everything is deeply intertwingled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/everything-is-deeply-intertwingled/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-fools/ted-nelson/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Fools Quotes By Ted Nelson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Nelson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is-malignant-god-does-not-exist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.” — Ted Nelson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-fools/ted-nelson/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-fools/ted-nelson/", "name": "People Fools Quotes by Ted Nelson", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-fools/ted-nelson/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/ted-nelson-13662_authority_most-people-are-fools-most-authority-is_1397193.png" }, "description": "1 People Fools quotes by Ted Nelson. 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