Stupid Things Quotes - Page 8

• The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things.

  David Haye

  Motivation, Stupid, Numbers

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• When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Strong, Stupid, Princess

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.84, Xist Publishing

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• It is a brave and stupid thing, a beautiful thing, to waste one's life for love.

  Andrew Sean Greer

  Beautiful, Stupid, Brave

  "Mind/Body Problems" by John Updike, www.newyorker.com. January 26, 2004.

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• I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange stupid things that are said about poetry and its place in our lives, I suspect that the people doing the saying have had things pretty easy. A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Powerful, Stupid, School

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• Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgement of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.

  Helen Mirren

  Stupid, Clouds, Evil

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• The probability that a genius can do stupid things is much higher than the probability that a stupid can do genius things.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Stupid, Genius, Probability

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• I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.

  Delmon Young

  Baseball, Stupid, Responsibility

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• Oh, for God's sake," I said. "Just give me the stupid thing." I took the panic button and stuck it into my Super Sexy Miracle Bra. "GPS," Ranger said to Morelli. "Probably I can find her breast without it," Morelli said. "But it's good to know there's a navigational system on board if I need it.

  Janet Evanovich

  Sexy, Stupid, Gps

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• The stupid thing about anger is how people hurt you and then you let them keep hurting you by being angry about how they originally hurt you. It’s a vicious cycle.

  Susane Colasanti

  Hurt, Stupid, People

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• Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Girl, Stupid, Years

  Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “Fire and Hemlock”, p.211, Penguin

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• People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by invoking it. If I would not vote against someone on the grounds of 'race' or 'gender' alone, then by the exact same token I would not cast a vote in his or her favor for the identical reason. Yet see how this obvious question makes fairly intelligent people say the most alarmingly stupid things.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Stupid, Intelligent, Thinking

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• Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.

  Carrie Fisher

  Smart, Stupid, Order

  Carrie Fisher (2011). “Postcards From the Edge”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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• Love makes you foolish. It makes you throw every bit of logic away, do stupid things, dangerous things.

  Melissa Marr

  Stupid, Logic, Foolish

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• The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I could remember every stupid thing I'd ever said or done, recall them with picture-perfect clarity. Any time I was feeling low, I'd naturally start to remember other times I felt that way, a hit parade of humiliations coming one after another to my mind.

  Cory Doctorow

  Stupid, Past, Opposites

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.294, Macmillan

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• I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running out of the room. I hated all the attention, which is such a stupid thing for an actor to say.

  Rebecca Hall

  Running, Stupid, Taken

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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