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> [As long as you're just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you're gonna be alright. But if you go beyond that then you're gonna have these grave doubts that give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/as-long-as-you-re-just-smart-enough-to-do-a-job-and-just-dumb-enough/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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## More by Frank Zappa

> [If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/if-you-want-to-get-laid-go-to-college-if-you-want-an-education-go-to/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [While your children are sleeping, your puppy is crappin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/while-your-children-are-sleeping-your-puppy-is-crappin/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Very few people do covers of my tunes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/very-few-people-do-covers-of-my-tunes/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Cocaine decisions that you make today, will mean nothing later on when you get nose decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/cocaine-decisions-that-you-make-today-will-mean-nothing-later-on-when/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/government-is-the-entertainment-division-of-the-military-industrial/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Do your job and do it right, life's a ball, TV tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/do-your-job-and-do-it-right-life-s-a-ball-tv-tonight/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see which has people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/fact-of-the-matter-is-there-is-no-hip-world-there-is-no-straight/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Broken hearts are for assholes, are you an asshole?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/broken-hearts-are-for-assholes-are-you-an-asshole/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/anyone-who-is-disturbed-by-the-idea-of-newts-in-a-nightclub-is/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-bigger-the-cushion-the-better-the-pushin/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Give me the enchilada with the pickle sauce shoved up between the donkey's ass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/give-me-the-enchilada-with-the-pickle-sauce-shoved-up-between-the/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Sit and spin 'til you rot on the cosmic utensil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/sit-and-spin-til-you-rot-on-the-cosmic-utensil/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [To me absurdity is the only reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/to-me-absurdity-is-the-only-reality/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/is-this-something-new-having-people-stomp-on-you-is-it-what-i-need-to/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

> [Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/look-here-brother-who-you-jivin-with-that-cosmik-debris/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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