“You had to be fundamentally stupid , I sometimes thought, to become the sort of academic specialist that hiring committees liked. You… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
If you borrow money to make money, you've done something magical. On the other hand, if you go into debt to pay… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people… — Gemma Ward Copy Share Image
When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you knew… — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Whoever was stupid was beneath worry or thought; you did not have to figure them out. This eliminated hundreds of people. In… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Just supposing," he said, "just supposing" --he didn't know what was coming next, so he thought he'd just sit back and listen--"that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The books were a private part of me that I carried inside and guarded and didn't talk to anybody about; as long… — MacDonald Harris Copy Share Image
You find very few critics who approach their job with a combination of information and enthusiasm and humility that makes for a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. This valley is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
In Madeleine's face was a stupidity Mitchell had never seen before. It was the stupidity of all normal people. It was the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I love food: biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken-fried steak with white gravy... but my favorite dish is my… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
I'd go to conference after conference and it would essentially be the talking points. Either pro or con. It's amazing how polarized… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art,… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Facebook is such a stupid thing, which is not gonna let you do anything, It works by holding you back and tied… — Hasan Abid Copy Share Image
Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
I'll explain it to you. To me it's more than a game." She touches her chest and says, "When you love something… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
The stupid vamp just asked me to marry him. Here, now? As if looking like I just died is how I wanted… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
We were wild-eyed hippies from the late '60s. We still had the exuberance of the mind-expanding '60s - that Tolkienesque, Zeppelin, androgynous,… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
The things keeping you back-these embarrassing, boring, stupid obstacles-are the heart of what it is to be human. They’re the whole reason… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
All political power, all power as such, is stupid. Don't rush after it, don't be ambitious, because all ambition collects dust and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Last year, when he had been staying with the Pevensies, he had managed to hear them all talking of Narnia and he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, that was a bit stupid of you,” said Ginny angrily, “seeing as you don’t know anyone but me who’s been possessed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
That's what everybody tells me. "I would've had a great comic-book collection, but my mother made me throw them away." But when… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Stop!" Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..." He struggled… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand." "I know what you mean," her… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true… — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
“I wish to Heaven I was married," she said resentfully as she attacked the yams with loathing. "I'm tired of everlastingly being… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force… — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
