An elementary school student asked me the NOT “politically correct” question, “Is an idiot smarter than a moron?” I had to Google it because I was afraid to respond in today’s PC society and didn’t want to offend him, his parents, or anyone else. Here’s what I found. Technically, a moron is smarter than an idiot. An imbecile is also smarter than an idiot. Although today the words are considered insulting and derogatory, prior to the 1960s they were widely used as actual psychology terms associated with intelligence on an IQ test. An IQ between: 00-25 = Idiot 26-50 = Imbecile 51-70 = Moron Explaining all of this to a nine-year-old with an IQ of 130 made me feel like society has turned all adults into one of the above, myself included. When I told him that I’m afraid to openly say it, the nine-year-old said, “Adults are idiots!

— Ray Palla

Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In which case, why not cancer of the brain? As a terrified, half-aware imbecile, I might even scream for a priest at the close of business, though I hereby state while I am still lucid that the entity thus humiliating itself would not in fact be “me.” (Bear this in mind, in case of any later rumors or fabrications.)

— Christopher Hitchens

No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.

— Criss Jami

These are the words of a fool: I am happy to be a fool, for I won't spend my time gazing at lines difficult to decipher, while my mates are drinking with glee.

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.

— Charles Benedict Davenport