Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say. . . but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence.
To be honest about it, that is the view of Christians taken by modern society. Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are to be regarded as simpleminded.
I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular. When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simpleminded.
The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.
Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.
Critchley and Webster’s fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simpleminded.
And I'll have you know that if you hurt my son again, if he so much as sighs sadly over his coffee, I will hire a man, a Russian, probably, to hunt you down and rip all that shiny black hair from your head, then break your skinny arms and legs, and set you on fire, and then put you out with a hammer. And should there be children from your beastly rutting, I shall have the Russian man cut them to tiny pieces and feed them to Madame Jacob's dog. because, although he may be only a worthless, simpleminded, libertine artist, Lucien is my favorite, and I will not have him hurt. Do you understand?
