Not Stupid Quotes - Page 3

• One day he (Einstein) said that the only mechanical force more powerful than steam, electricity and atomic energy is will. That Albert guy was not stupid. With will you can achieve things.

  Jose Mourinho

  Powerful, Stupid, One Day

  "Manchester United's José Mourinho: no longer the bright young iconoclast" by Jonathan Wilson, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2016.

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• I don't want anything I don't deserve, but if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

  Antonio Banderas

  Stupid, Want, More Money

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• Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of science by the public. People are not stupid and they know very well when they have seen something out of the ordinary. When a so-called expert tells them the object must have been the moon or a mirage, he is really teaching the public that science is impotent or unwilling to pursue the study of the unknown.

  Jacques Vallee

  Stupid, Teaching, Moon

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• It's not," Mormont told him. "Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?

  George R. R. Martin

  Stupid, Night, Men

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.652, Bantam

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• An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.

  Markus Zusak

  Girl, Stupid, Years

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.118, RH Childrens Books

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• The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.

  Ian Mcewan

  Teacher, Stupid, School

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• Listen to me. I’m shy. I’m not stupid. I can’t meet people’s eyes. I don’t know if you understand what that’s like. There’s a whole world going on around me, I’m aware of that. It’s not because I don’t want to look at you, Lucinda. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Stupid, Eye, People

  Jonathan Lethem (2008). “You Don't Love Me Yet”, p.205, Vintage

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• He isn’t like us Low. You know that right.” I knew what Cage was saying. Marcus was out of my league. He didn’t want me thinking there could ever be anything between me and his roommate. I was low class. Marcus was a rich kid. “I’m not stupid Cage.

  Abbi Glines

  Stupid, Kids, Thinking

  Abbi Glines (2016). “Sea Breeze Volume 1: Breathe; Because of Low; While It Lasts”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm on the third line. I'm a crasher. I know my role. I'm just trying to help. I'm not stupid enough to think I'm great out there.

  Darcy Tucker

  Stupid, Hockey, Thinking

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• Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Clever, Military

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• Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows.

  Bernard DeVoto

  Stupid, Race, Government

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• The English masses are lovable: they are kind, decent, tolerant, practical and not stupid. The tragedy is that they are too many of them, and that they are aimless, having outgrown the servile functions for which they were encouraged to multiply. One day these huge crowds will have to seize power because there will be nothing else for them to do, and yet they neither demand power nor are ready to make use of it; they will learn only to be bored in a new way.

  Cyril Connolly

  Stupid, Power, Bored

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• The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

  Colin Powell

  Stupid, Media, Answers

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• I know how you guys feel about us. I'm not stupid, and believe me, I've tried to get you out of my head. But there isn't enough liquor or art or any other distraction in the world to do it. I had to stop going to Wolfe's because it was too hard being that close to you, even if it was all just pretend fighting. I couldn't stand the touching. It was agonizing because it meant something to me－and I knew it meant nothing to you. I kept telling myself to stay away altogether, and then I'd find excuses… like the car… anything to be around you again.

  Richelle Mead

  Art, Stupid, Believe

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.323, Penguin

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• It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

  Charlie Munger

  Stupid, Intelligent, Long

  "Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger". Book by Janet Lowe, 2000.

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• I had the evidence that a crash did happen here....Give this information to the young people of the world and this country....They want it. Give it to them. Don't hide it and tell lies and make stories. They're not stupid....It's their information. It doesn't belong to the Army or the Department of Defence. If it's classified, take the classification off and give it to them!

  Philip J. Corso

  Country, Military, Lying

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• Donald Trump is not stupid. He knows exactly what he's saying. And he's just saying out there - I mean, forget about Muslims. He said I could go down on Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot someone in the face and people - and the voters will have no problem with it. This transcends any kind of religion and any kind of belief. This is actually an offense and attack on human values. He's just saying out there I will shoot people in the face and people wouldn't care.

  Bassem Youssef

  New York, Stupid, Mean

  "'Egyptian Jon Stewart' Bassem Youssef Will Now Satirize U.S. Democracy". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 3, 2016.

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• We have Internet now and people are not stupid. But it seems that some people are trying to push the same agenda of the Cold War of conspiracy theories and amazing achievements that are very easily traced and validated.

  Bassem Youssef

  Stupid, War, People

  "'Egyptian Jon Stewart' Bassem Youssef Will Now Satirize U.S. Democracy". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 3, 2016.

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• It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's smart. I think Akiva [Goldsman] writes really interesting material and there you have it.

  Charlize Theron

  Stars, Fun, Smart

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• The enemy [in Iraq] pulls back. We think we're doing well. Well, they pull back. They're not stupid. And then after we leave, you see what happened.

  Donald Trump

  Stupid, Thinking, Iraq

  Source: time.com

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• The people are not stupid, but they are totally misinformed.

  Gore Vidal

  Stupid, People

  "Gore Vidal on the Media and the American People". Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. August 1, 2012.

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• With psych it's all about how raw and stripped down and stupid it gets. Not stupid in a bad way, but more of the fact that you can get to that point where it doesn't matter and you're not thinking about it too much. It's just you being you.

  Mike Romano

  Stupid, Psych, Thinking

  Source: auralstates.com

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• Writers don't want to appear to be stupid. I don't know - maybe people become writers so that they can prove that they're not. Of course getting a book published doesn't mean that they're not stupid. At a certain point you have to stop trying to prove something and write because you need to think about something and want to communicate, in a very broad sense.

  Lynne Tillman

  Stupid, Book, Writing

  Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.

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• I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.

  Paris Hilton

  Stupid, Intelligent, Blonde

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• If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

  Epictetus

  Lying, Stupid, Men

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.70

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