Quote by Jonathan Franzen Download Open image ““That was the way most people were - stupid.”” — Jonathan Franzen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“If stupid people didn’t insist on thinking they were smart, the world would be a lot simpler.” — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“It's great to act stupid in front of people, just to go how far would they go.” — Hasanayn J. M Copy Share Image
“The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“I don't see how people go on living as stupid as some of them are.” — Robert McAlmon Copy Share Image
“Put knowledge in the hands of stupid people, and it just made them more stupid.” — Shiloh Walker Copy Share Image
“Most people are pretty okay. Sometimes they get involved in stupid stuff, but it’s the stuff that’s stupid, not the person.” — Jeremy Puma Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed to be… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Birds were what became of dinosaurs. Those mountains of flesh whose petrified bones were on display at the Museum of Natural History had done… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Can a better kind of fiction save the world? There’s always some tiny hope (strange things do happen), but the answer is almost certainly… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
A big part of me would be very proud never having anything of mine adapted, because if you want the real experience, there's only… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I dont see how you could… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“I'm saying the structure and f the entire culture is flawed, chip said. I'm saying the bureaucracy has arrogated the right to define certain… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“An odd thing about beauty, however, is that it's absence tends not to arouse our sympathy as much as other forms of privation do.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“It was this motley band of modest peeps and plovers on the beach who reminded me of the human beings I loved best -… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image