# Quote — Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus

> I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.

- Author: [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md)
- Book: [Hocus Pocus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/hocus-pocus.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/hocus-pocus/i-think-william

## More from this book

> How embarrassing to be human.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/hocus-pocus/how-embarrassing-to-be-human.md)

> Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/hocus-pocus/just-because-some.md)

> "I wish I had been born a bird instead," he said.
>
> "I wish we had all been born birds instead."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/hocus-pocus/i-wish-i-had.md)