"It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde."
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"You only know that you're smart because you're around dumb people from time to time!"
"Paradoxically, when 'dumb' money acknowledges its limitations, it ceases to be dumb."
"I thought no more was needed Youth to prolong Than dumb-bell and foil To keep the body young. O who could have foretold That the heart grows old?"
"Maybe [I care about language] because I'm an editor, maybe because I'm picky, but it's all we got, don't shrink it. Don't dumb it out, make it little."
"To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb."
"When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe."
"Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a blonde and she wasn't dumb."
"If we have to get married and have a million babies, I hope our relationship will be built on mutual disgust and an endless barrage of ridicule and insults. It feels like the only thing I can count on right now. I don’t want something dumb like respect and affection getting in the way."
"The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart."
"The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb"
"For those of you haven't read the book, it's being published tomorrow"
"It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time.""
"The way I've always governed my life as far as fiscal policy goes is I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb about it, so I surround myself with smart people in much the same way a hole surrounds itself with a doughnut. I just pay things off. That's all I do."
"Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir."
"These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people ask me if I'm a black writer, or just a writer who happens to be black, I tend to say that it's either a dumb question or a question which happens to be dumb."
"Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama."
"Witchcraft scum exploiting the dumb turning children into punks and slaves."
"When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot. My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots, My breath will not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man."
"Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb."