"Most people are boring and stupid."
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"As soon as he ceased to be mad he became merely stupid. There are maladies we must not seek to cure because they alone protect us from others that are more serious."
"Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh?"
"Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!"
"I should warn you, I’m an expert on vampires. I’ve seen every episode made of Buffy, Angel, and Forever Knight, so don’t think a little fang-flashing is going to scare me.” – Nell to Adrian Oh, my God! You bit me on the leg! You drank my blood! I am not an appetizer!” You are much more then an appetizer. You are a twelve-course banquet. – Nell & Adrian I slid my tongue around the glossy enamel of his teeth, pausing to stroke down the length of an elongated canine tooth. Yeah. I know. How stupid is it to French kiss a vampire and not expect sharp teeth? – Nell"
"In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will."
"Hooray for most things!"
"And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National"
"If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?"
"Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?"
"What was the best thing before sliced bread?"
"Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter."
"Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!"
"These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and it is these people-amongst whom your life is passed-that it is needful you should tolerate, pity, and love: it is these more or less ugly, stupid, inconsistent people whose movements of goodness you should be able to admire-for whom you should cherish all possible hopes, all possible patience."
"Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And on its material side, a modern Utopia must needs present these gifts as taken."
"After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are."
"As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop."
"To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation."
"He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation."
"Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."