Stupid Quotes - Page 32

• I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Long, Done, Limits

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Twisted”, p.92, Scholastic UK

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• Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile.

  Cassandra Clare

  Charming Smile, Stranger, Powder

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “Sample of the CITYs”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• People are so stupid. They think they've got the whole puzzle figured out, but they're really so far off.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Thinking, People, Whole

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• It's like the psychiatrists themselves are buying into that stupid belief that therapy is something to hide.

  Jodi Picoult

  Buying, Belief, Psychiatrist

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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• Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.

  Patricia Briggs

  Mad, Waiting, Notes

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.61, Penguin

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• It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.

  James Patterson

  Bullying, Strong, Sick

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• I mean, it’s stupid to miss someone you didn’t even get along with. But I don’t know, it was nice, you know, having someone you could always fight with.

  John Green

  Missing Someone, Nice, Mean

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.56, Penguin

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• You're so stupid, Rose!

  James Cameron

  Rose

  "Titanic". www.imdb.com. 1997.

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• Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Ignorance, Forever

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• Sometimes love makes you selfish. Sometimes it makes you stupid. Sometimes it reminds you why you love your gun.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Selfish, Gun, Sometimes

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15”, p.249, Penguin

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• Rowdy, hopped-up college kids pass us in an endless, noisy blur like they're being mass produced or squeezed out of a tube - guys skulking in their T-shirts and cargo shorts, girls in low-slung jeans and flip-flops, pimples and breasts and tattoos and lipstick and legs and bra straps, and cigarettes; a colorful, sexy melange. I feel old and tired and I just want to be them again, want to be young and stupid, filled with angst and attitude and unbridled lust. Can I have a do-over, please? I swear to God I'll make a real go of it this time.

  Jonathan Tropper

  Tattoo, Girl, Sexy

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• It's stupid, I know, but I care. All the things that meant so much when we were young. Under the blankets late at night, listening to long-distance radio. All those things lost now or broken. Can you remember? Can you remember that feeling? Perhaps I ought to go to a doctor.

  Grant Morrison

  Distance, Night, Doctors

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• I always thought love made you stupid. Made you weak. A bad Shadowhunter. 'To love is to destroy.'I believed that[...]I used to think being a good warrior meant not caring,[...] And then I met you. You were a mundane. Weak. Not a fighter. Never trained[...] Love didn't make you weak, it made you stronger than anyone I'd ever met. And I realized I was the one who was weak.

  Cassandra Clare

  Caring, Warrior, Love Is

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• Nobody gave me what I wanted for my birthday! Nobody! What sort of presents do you call these? New shoes, a green sweater and a bunch of stupid toys!" "What were you expecting?" "Real estate!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Real, New Shoes, Sweaters

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• The problem with having evil minions is that minions are stupid.

  Larissa Ione

  Evil, Problem, Minions

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• I could have quite literally snogged until the cows came home. And when they came home I would have shouted, "WHAT HAVE YOU COWS COME HOME FOR? CAN'T YOU SEE I'M SNOGGING, YOU STUPID HERBIVORES???

  Louise Rennison

  Home, Cows, Snogging

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• Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Thinking, Forever, Vision

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “A Gathering Light”, p.144, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.

  Cate Tiernan

  Smart, Safe

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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• Can't you see me as king of the Hereford ranchers, Lucy?" "Oh, I can see you, all right... I can see you riding out on your beautiful palomino checking the herd... There you sit, silhouetted against the evening sky... Sucking your thumb and holding that stupid blanket!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Beautiful, Kings, Sky

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• Polyphemus stiffened. "Who said that?" "Nobody!" Annabeth yelled. That got exactly the reaction she'd been hoping for. The monster's face turned red with rage. "Nobody!" Polyphemus yelled back. "I remember you!" "You're too stupid to remember anybody," Annabeth taunted. "Much less Nobody.

  Rick Riordan

  Remember You, Remembers You, Annabeth

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.416, Penguin UK

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• I want to make you faint. I will make you faint. You've had this coming to you for years. None of the fools you've known have kissed you like this - have they? Your precious Charles or Frank or your stupid Ashley... I said your stupid Ashley. Gentlemen all - what do they know about women? What do they know about you? I know you.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Years, Gentleman, Want

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• Dear Hilde, if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it. Love, Dad.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Dad, Simple, Brain

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.283, Hachette UK

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• Am I odd?Is there something wrong with me,like Mrs.Tifton Said?" Skye knelt down on the wet grass and looked straight into Batty's eyes. "No you stupid idiot,there's nothing wrong. with you.

  Jeanne Birdsall

  Eye, Idiot, Odd

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• Meddling, smug, stupid little..." "She likes me! They always play hard to get when they like me!" "No. You do not understand. I could not have done it because I can not read or write.

  Darren Shan

  Writing, Play, Done

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