“There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change.” ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsMayHas BeensWarEnoughAgeLastsYoungLeftBehindsResponsibilityStupidQuietConflictMembersIdealsShould HaveLuckAssumingSpeciesSpotsZoneGenesCalculationsPacificGloomyPastimePeace And QuietChildbearing Author:John Brunner
“Behind your every bad fate, almost always there lie your own stupid mistakes! Behind your every good fate, almost always there lie your own clever deeds! Skies have nothing whatsoever to do with your fate!” LyingBehindsMistakeFateSkyStupidVery GoodDeedsCleverStupid Mistake Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“As a driver I have come to believe that the person just in front of me and the person just behind me are always just about to do something really stupid. Tense is not the right word, but I am very hyper-aware of such things.” BelievePersonsBehindsFrontsStupidDriversTenseHyperRight WordsReally Stupid Author:Jonathan Meades
“Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so stupid?” Has BeensIdeasBeautifulSimpleBehindsCenturyStupidDecadesMillennium Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.” IfsMeanBehindsLaughingStupidPleaseLaughterLoudSatShut UpHave A LaughHolden Caulfield Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE