--- title: "19 Stupid Quotes By Orson Scott Card" description: "19 Stupid quotes by Orson Scott Card. Plus more from Orson Scott Card and more Stupid sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/orson-scott-card-134_children_it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-wh_2328154.png" --- > [It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-when-they-re-absolutely-sure/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/orson-scott-card-134_children_it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-wh_2328154.png) > [Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/human-that-s-stupid-isn-t-there-grass-on-both-sides/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/orson-scott-card-134_grass_human-that-s-stupid-isn-t-there-grass-on_3091044.png) > [When there aren't any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/when-there-aren-t-any-smart-decisions-i-suppose-you-just-have-to-pick/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/orson-scott-card-134_decision_when-there-aren-t-any-smart-decisions-i_2891818.png) > [Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/early-to-bed-early-to-rise-makes-a-man-stupid-and-blind-in-the-eyes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/orson-scott-card-134_eyes_early-to-bed-early-to-rise-makes-a-man-s_172131.png) > [Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/aw-poke-you-poor-kind-decent-stupid-girl-you-saved-me-and-i-let-you/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/orson-scott-card-134_decent_aw-poke-you-poor-kind-decent-stupid-girl_99044.png) > [Early to bed and early to rise," Mazer intoned, "makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mazer-intoned-makes-a-man-stupid-and/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/orson-scott-card-134_bed_early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mazer-int_1229298.png) > [I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-need-you-to-be-clever-bean-i-need-you-to-think-of-solutions-to/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/orson-scott-card-134_beans_i-need-you-to-be-clever-bean-i-need-you_2368572.png) > [“And you're the one who thought it was too risky to go through a gate." "That's why we're such a great team,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/and-you-re-the-one-who-thought-it-was-too-risky-to-go-through-a-gate/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/orson-scott-card-134_danny-north_and-you-re-the-one-who-thought-it-was-to_2968540.png) > [God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/god-our-genes-our-environment-or-some-stupid-programmer-keying-in/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/orson-scott-card-134_ancient_god-our-genes-our-environment-or-some-st_1701992.png) > [Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/only-stupid-men-trying-to-seem-smart-need-to-be-with-dumb-women-only/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/orson-scott-card-134_dumb_only-stupid-men-trying-to-seem-smart-nee_372922.png) > [Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-didn-t-like-fighting-he-didn-t-like-peter-s-kind-the-strong/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/orson-scott-card-134_ender_ender-didn-t-like-fighting-he-didn-t-lik_1395075.png) > [Most victories came from instantly exploiting your enemy's stupid mistakes, and not from any particular brilliance in your own plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/most-victories-came-from-instantly-exploiting-your-enemy-s-stupid/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/orson-scott-card-134_brilliance_most-victories-came-from-instantly-explo_1649883.png) > [I'm not stupid!" In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-m-not-stupid-in-bean-s-experience-that-was-a-sentence-never-uttered/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/orson-scott-card-134_beans_i-m-not-stupid-in-bean-s-experience-that_3179988.png) > [“He thought of half a dozen ideas before he went to sleep. Ender would be pleased-every one of them was stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/he-thought-of-half-a-dozen-ideas-before-he-went-to-sleep-ender-would/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/orson-scott-card-134_stupid_he-thought-of-half-a-dozen-ideas-before_2219673.png) > [A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/a-good-working-definition-of-fanaticism-is-that-you-are-so-convinced/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/orson-scott-card-134_definition_a-good-working-definition-of-fanaticism_1306275.png) > [The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-education-that-prepared-me-was-my-general-education-classes-which/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/orson-scott-card-134_education_the-education-that-prepared-me-was-my-ge_193364.jpg) > [“Poke had never shared out so many raisins, because she had never had so many to share. But the little kids wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/poke-had-never-shared-out-so-many-raisins-because-she-had-never-had/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/orson-scott-card-134_achilles-de-flandres_poke-had-never-shared-out-so-many-raisin_1097836.png) > [This emotion I'm feeling now, this is love, right?" "I don't know. Is it a longing? Is it a giddy stupid happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/this-emotion-i-m-feeling-now-this-is-love-right-i-don-t-know-is-it-a/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/orson-scott-card-134_diarrhea_this-emotion-i-m-feeling-now-this-is-lov_2625256.png) > [Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/never-mind-that-the-story-had-turned-out-to-be-lies-and-foolishness/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/orson-scott-card-134_believer_never-mind-that-the-story-had-turned-out_1146401.jpg) ## Other authors on Stupid ## More by Orson Scott Card > [“You underestimate yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-underestimate-yourself/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-re-like-the-wicked-witch-we-promise-gingerbread-then-eat-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-did-he-hesitate-he-finally-admitted-to-himself-that-he-was-like/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-don-t-know-of-a-soul-who-doesn-t-maintain-two-separate-lists-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/good-people-do-not-let-others-suffer-needlessly/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-devil-jason-heaved-the-tick-over-his-shoulder-like-a-collier-with/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-ideas-are-real-and-reality-is-shadow/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-for-the-past-few-months-you-have-been-the-battle-commander-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/knowledge-is-just-opinion-that-you-trust-enough-to-act-upon/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/of-course-they-accused-marc-o-of-having-done-it-without-provocation/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stupid/orson-scott-card/#itemlist", "name": "19 Stupid Quotes By Orson Scott Card", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-when-they-re-absolutely-sure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/orson-scott-card-134_children_it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-wh_2328154.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/orson-scott-card-134_children_it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-wh_2328154.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/orson-scott-card-134_children_it-s-easy-to-manipulate-your-children-wh_2328154.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.” — Orson Scott Card", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human: That's stupid. 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