Stupid Quotes - Page 6

• The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

  Jane Austen

  Inspirational, Funny, Reading

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.460, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Marriage, Gay, Men

  "Schwarzenegger on abortion, gays, environment". edition.cnn.com. August 28, 2003.

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• A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Life, Wise

  Twitter post from Oct 30, 2009

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• Well, let's see. There's-of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but...

  Sarah Palin

  Believe, America, Issues

  "Palin, Biden Trade Views On Abortion". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. October 1, 2008.

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• At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

  Boyle Roche

  Funny, Standstill

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• Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

  Frank Zappa

  Block, Humor, Ignorance

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, Happy, Smart

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• The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

  Epictetus

  Life, Silly, Thoughtful

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

  George H. W. Bush

  Funny, Patriotic, Political

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• I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Money, Silly

  Ronald Reagan's joke at the Gridiron Club annual dinner, March 24, 1984.

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• I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Country, Military

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• Two years from now, spam will be solved.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Two, People

  "Tech’s Most Dubious Promises, From Bill Gates to Elon Musk". www.wired.com. July 26, 2017.

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• From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.

  Rick Perry

  Republican, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling

  "Perry: Oil spill may be 'act of God'". Rick Perry's speech at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, www.politico.com. May 3, 2010.

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• I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple.

  Al Gore

  Funny, Buddhist, Humorous

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• If I have a stupid day, everything looks wrong to me.

  Anna Freud

  Looks, Ifs

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• I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word "unethical."

  Ivan Boesky

  Funny, Thinking, Use

  "Den of Thieves". Book by James B. Stewart, 1992.

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• You've got to take the sour with the bitter.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Bitter, Sour

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• This is unparalyzed in the state's history.

  Gib Lewis

  Funny, States

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• It is beyond my apprehension.

  Danny Ozark

  Funny, Apprehension

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• Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid

  Lynda Barry

  Race, Class, Division

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• The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Funny, Artist, Dumb

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• Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Humorous, Fool Me Once

  George W. Bush's remarks on teaching American history and civic education at East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, Tennessee, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 17, 2002.

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• It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Long, Pessimistic, Helping

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  Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Life, Leadership

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