Dumb Quotes - Page 20

• The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

  George W. Bush

  Wmd, Government, Iraq

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered January 28, 2003

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• We are specifically keeping the best and brightest out. It is the dumb and dumbest that we are letting in. Let me rephrase that: It is the ill-educated and the uneducated that we are letting in. The VCs, college graduates, PhDs, you name it, from all over the world, they are limited. The number of people of that caliber - severely limited and tightly controlled.

  Rush Limbaugh

  College, Names, Numbers

  "It’s the Statue of Liberty, Not the Statue of Immigration". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. July 1, 2010.

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• For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.

  George Washington

  Taken, Men, Sheep

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “Writings: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.562

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• I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Dog, Teacher, Cat

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.104, Penguin

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• I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.

  Homer

  White, Age, Matter

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• One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.

  Mike Tyson

  Children, Dope, Thinking

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• That was a f****g dumb question. If I didn't think I was gonna win, why the hell would I be fighting?!

  Rocky Marciano

  Fighting, Winning, Thinking

  "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.

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• Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction.

  Meg Whitman

  Girl, Mom, Smart

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• When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that's when the details take on larger meanings.

  David Byrne

  Details, Visible

  David Byrne (2012). “How Music Works”, p.182, Canongate Books

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• The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.

  A. E. Housman

  People, Church, Sound

  Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 21

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• Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact, it was dumb luck.

  Harold Kerzner

  Art, Creating, Luck

  Harold Kerzner (2009). “Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling”, p.4, John Wiley & Sons

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• If anyone knew where they were, I'd send the ISDBB (Incredibly Stupid and Dumb Beyond Belief) award to the two guys who tried to break in to the Ohio penitentiary.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Stupid, Awards

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• You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they're coming for your Social Security money. They want your f**kin' retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street.

  George Carlin

  Running, Retirement, Jobs

  "Life Is Worth Losing". Documentary, Comedy, 2005.

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• For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

  Eric Schmidt

  Leadership, Smart, Eye

  "40 Things to Learned From Eric Schmidt Speech at Uc Berkeley". piepeaceblog.wordpress.com. January 02, 2017.

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• I'm not a sexual person, really. I don't really care about sex.

  Paris Hilton

  Funny, Sex, Care

  "Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen expecting again; Josh Brolin arrested; Hilary Duff/Lindsay Lohan feud continues". www.sfgate.com. December 20, 2004.

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• The clitoris contains 8,000 nerve endings. It makes it easy to have sex. With yourself.

  Dannii Minogue

  Funny, Sex, Nerves

  Maxim Magazine (UK edition), December 2001.

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• Eskimos are uncivilised because they don't have any shops.

  Jodie Marsh

  Funny, Dumb Blonde, Shops

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• Is an egg a vegetable?

  Jodie Marsh

  Funny, Vegetables, Eggs

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• 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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