Dumb Quotes - Page 25

• Entertainment is the devils substitute for joy, and when you get satisfaction out of that dumb thing, your joy will diminish.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Joy, Devil, Satisfaction

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• I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most writers, the earmarks of thrift, if not outright povery, are evident.

  Joyce Thompson

  Way, Three, Stories

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• You’re never as smart as you think you are when you are winning and never as dumb as you feel when you are losing.

  Michael Hyatt

  Smart, Winning, Thinking

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• If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

  Robert E. Lee

  Friday, Sleep, Light

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• The next time you're caught in a room full of smart people doing something dumb (like trying to anticipate what your users will do), tune them out, flip open your laptop, and start prototyping.

  Daniel Burka

  Smart, People, Design

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• I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.

  Bob Gill

  Jobs, Design, Clients

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• Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin',
  B.I.G. keep creepin',
  Bullets heat-seekin',
  Casualties need treatin',
  Dumb rappers need teachin'.

  The Notorious B.I.G.

  Rap, Sleep, Hip Hop

  Song: Unbelieveable

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• Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em.
  I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some.
  Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb...
  Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones.

  E-40

  Jesus, Rap, Dancing

  Song: Tell Me When To Go, Album: My Ghetto Report Card, 2006

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• Now I'm not the type that gets upset,
  Try to disrespect folks just to earn respect.
  But learn this fact: whether white or black,
  I can't be conquered in my style of rap.
  For jealousy and envy are dumb ones' tools,
  So Ricky says nothing, he keeps his cool.
  Revenge is not a mission that the Ruler's on,
  Just forgiveness required for the wrong that's done.

  Slick Rick

  Revenge, Rap, White

  Song: The Ruler's Back, Album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, 1988

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• It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb,
  It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Rap, Hip Hop, Facts

  Song: Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter

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• Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical,
  Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal.
  Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catchin' 'em?
  Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetchin' 'em.

  Masta Ace

  Rap, Hip Hop, Ems

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• You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about.
  He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.

  LL Cool J

  Smart, Rap, Men

  Song: Mr. Good Bar

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• The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb, We're rollin' Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some. Every time we do the sucka MC's wanna battle, I'm the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle.

  Sir Mix-a-Lot

  Hate, Rap, Jealous

  Song: Posse On Broadway

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• A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight error. He was able to recover, but his wife who was following him, crashed and was killed. The husband was distraught, blaming himself for the accident. One day when pleading with the Lord for forgiveness, he heard a voice saying "Jesus died, even for dumb mistakes."

  Truman G. Madsen

  Jesus, Husband, Mistake

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• Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people who work together, and in fact, success usually has more to do with dumb determination than with genius.

  Joshua Prince-Ramus

  Determination, Team, People

  "The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization" by Jena Mcgregor, www.fastcompany.com. June 1, 2005.

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• Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.

  Lisa Kudrow

  Sexy, Smart, Stupid

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  "You look how you look," "Be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, People, Looks

  "'Manorexia' and Hollywood's hunger games". Interview with Sam Claflin, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2013.

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• Airshow flying is tough, it's even tougher if you do something stupid. Don't do nuthin dumb!

  Ralph Royce

  Stupid, Flying, Tough

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• Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Smart, Thinking, Thanks

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.4, Random House

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• If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening and you don't do anything but sit on your ass, then you're nothing but a punk

  Assata Shakur

  World, Blind, Ass

  Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.222, Zed Books

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• And in this silence of the dumb and these speeches of the blind, in this medly of people bound together by the same grief, terror and hope, in this hatred and lack of understanding between men who spoke the same tongue, you could see much of the tragedy of the twentieth century.

  Vasily Grossman

  Grief, Men, People

  Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.17, Random House

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• Americans want beauties, not me. I’m not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where’s my feather up the ass? They think I’m sad, they’re dumb. I don’t connect to them

  Edith Piaf

  Girl, Thinking, Bombshells

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• We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Confused, Smart, Our World

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, you’ll never dumb things down. You won’t have to explain things that don’t need explaining. You’ll assume an intimacy and a natural shorthand, which is good because readers are smart and don’t wish to be condescended to.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Smart, Writing, Wish

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• Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. Ain't nothing fair. You know that.

  John Marston

  Strong, Taken, Men

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