Carolina QuotesOf course I've contradicted myself. I always do. Only cretins and logicians don't contradict themselves. And in their consistency, they contradict life.
Tom Robbins Carolinian
Source
Ch. 72, p. 268; spoken by the character "The Chink"; this has been widely misquoted as "Of course I'm inconsistent! Only logicians and cretins are consistent!"
- work
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
- year
- 1976
- locator
- p. 268
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“Of course I've contradicted myself. I always do. Only cretin…” Tom Robbins. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6CB69F637B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6cb69f637b
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