#stupid

The public are not stupid. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#stupid

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology. ↗

— David Hilbert

#anything #ask #astrology #bring #discover

One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist. ↗

— Hal Holbrook

#finn #into #know #make #movie

I hate people saying anything stupid. I don't really suffer fools very well at all. When people are acting like idiots, not that I'm not guilty of doing the odd idiotic thing myself from time to time, but when people say stupid things, it stresses me out. ↗

— Joshua Jackson

#anything #doing #fools #from time to time #guilty

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#allow #because #being #burn #cash

The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid. ↗

— Kato Kaelin

#genius #like #look #make #media

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#here #his #ignorance #immorality #legion

Please, comrade! I just want to chop him up for the stew!' 'And that's another thing! I'm tired of stew! I want to put him in a crust and bake a light fluffy quiche!' 'QUICHE?! What kind of food is THAT for a monster to eat?! ↗

— Jeff Smith

#humour #quiche #stupid-stupid-rat-creatures #food

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#beings #exert #god-given #god-given right #human

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid. ↗

— Larry Wall

#always #becoming #been #enough #fortunately