Stupid Quotes - Page 18

• The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Running, America, Mind

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.137, Ballantine Books

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• You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . . . nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?

  Jerry Spinelli

  Space, Saws, My Future

  Jerry Spinelli (2012). “The Stargirl Collection”, p.144, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

  James Thurber

  Witty, Trying, Obscurity

  Letter to Malcolm Cowley on March 11, 1954. "Collecting Himself". Book by James Thurber, 1989.

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• Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

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• Picture anybody growing up so stupid he didn't know that hope is just another phase you'll grow out of.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Growing Up, Phases, Grows

  Chuck Palahniuk (2001). “Choke: A Novel”, Anchor Books

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• Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Silly, May, Strange

  Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.96, University of Chicago Press

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• I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.

  Samuel Beckett

  Book, Writing, Machines

  "The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 1, 1929-1940". Book by Samuel Beckett, 2009.

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• One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

  James D. Watson

  Success, Mother, Truth

  James D. Watson (2011). “The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• My timing is off. But I had to get it out. Some things you have to tell, no matter how stupid they may sound. Some things you can't save for later. There might not be a later.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Sound, May, Might

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.168, Macmillan

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• She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.

  Tamora Pierce

  Men, Stupid Men, Ifs

  Tamora Pierce (2004). “Trickster's Queen”, p.242, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

  Orson Welles

  Intelligent, People, Dumb

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• To read without joy is stupid.

  John Edward Williams

  Joy

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• I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Country, Fashion, Ambition

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• We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.

  Vivienne Westwood

  World, Most Amazing, Herds

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• That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy movie, and people won't take it seriously,' and I'm sure there are some people who still don't. But for the most part, people do see that we really have a quality show.

  Joss Whedon

  People, Quality, Titles

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• Another dream. Another long-distance call on my phantom party line. No wonder i had steadfastly refused to have dreams for most of my life. So stupid; such pointless, obvious symbols. Totally uncontrollable anxiety soup, hateful, blatant nonsense.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Dream, Distance, Party

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.121, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• You can't fix stupid.

  Ron White

  You Can't Fix Stupid

  Ron White (2007). “I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability”, p.106, Penguin

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• Intelligent people know they are intelligent. They also know that one person cannot know all, hence a person is not stupid simply because he is ignorant of one thing or another. They know that, to another intelligent person, they will not appear stupid in asking for an explanation of what they do not know, and so their ignorance on any particular issue does not become an embarrassment.

  Lynsay Sands

  Ignorance, Intelligent, Issues

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• Do I look stupid?" snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache.

  J. K. Rowling

  Uncles, Eggs, Mustache

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, p.8, Pottermore

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• Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, Concussions, If I Could

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• Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people." She nodded. "And so...hypothetically, if these to people likes each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?" "Oh..." I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows-slow, dumb, and bright red. "Um.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Kissing, Two

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth”, p.262, Penguin UK

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• You suck, surprising no one!!!! If bad was a boot, you'd fit it!!!! You're a stupid poo-poo head! I had sexual relations with your mother! Your mother was not that good in bed! You, sir, are a wretched soul! I am rubber, you are glue!

  Bryan Lee O'Malley

  Mother, Soul, Glue

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• Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

  Sloan Wilson

  Funny, Success, Business

  Sloan Wilson (1976). “What shall we wear to this party?: The man in the gray flannel suit twenty years before & after”, Arbor House Publishing

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• I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.

  Amy Winehouse

  Girl, Bad Ass, Feminist

  "What I know about men". Interview with Chloe Diski, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2006.

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• The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

  Kate Winslet

  Children, Kids, Rebel

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