“But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsSchoolThreeCasesTeacherStupidLowsExpectationsTestsThree YearsYou Re StupidLow ExpectationsI Was Stupid Author:Robert Sternberg
“All, the intelligent and stupid, diligent and idle, have been swept along on a current of increased output that, in the usual case, owed nothing whatever to their efforts.” Has BeensEffortCasesStupidIntelligentCurrentsUsualIdleDiligentOutput Book:the new industrial state Source: the new industrial state
“I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it's an inherently stupid idea to put something like that in a glass case.” MindIdeasCasesRocksStupidFameGlassesHallsRock And RollHall Of FameRock And Roll Hall Of FameStupid Ideas Author:Elvis Costello
“The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.” DoeCasesStudyStupidBarackPresidencyCase Studies Author:Bret Stephens
“As is so often the case with pieces that appear in the 'Onion,' I honestly could not decide whether this was a clever hoax or not - the arguments were almost exactly as stupid as the real thing.” RealCasesPiecesStupidEvolutionArgumentHonestlyCleverReal ThingsOnionsHoaxes Author:Christopher Hitchens
“If I owned any of these Hot New Issues that have doubled, tripled, quintupled or umptupled within days and in some cases hours after they were issued, I most certainly would grab my fabulous windfall, thank my lucky stars and invest the money. It's utter nonsense to think any newly issued stock is really worth two, ten or 20 times the [offering] price.... A management so stupid as to sell shares [cheap], and an underwriter so obtuse as not to discern the real value, together would provide reason enough for a sensible man to get rid of his shares.” IfsThinkingMenTwoRealReasonEnoughTogetherValuesStarsHoursCasesIssuesShareStupidLuckyTenHotManagementSellsNonsenseSensibleOfferingFabulousReal ValueLucky Star Author:Malcolm Forbes
“People were paid lots of money to make stupid decisions, people in big banks, and when people are paid to be stupid they'll be stupid. The question was, did they know they were being stupid or were they just stupid? I think you need to take it on a case by case basis. There was some sinister activity, but I think by and by it was people being incentivised to do the wrong thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsBigsDecisionCasesStupidActivityBasesPaidLots Of MoneyWrong ThingsSinisterBeing StupidStupid Decision Author:Michael Lewis
“They are people who, by and large, think the Administration's policy - and the Iranian case is a classic one - is very stupid. They can't get that view in, and so by talking to me, they accomplish something. It's a way of saying, this ought to be discussed, we got to get this out. That's a form of patriotism, in a funny way.” PeopleThinkingWayFormViewsTalkingCasesStupidPolicyOughtAccomplishAdministrationClassicIranianVery Stupid Author:Seymour Hersh
“Anything in life has a ying and a yang. It has a good and a bad. And in the case of freedom, well, freedom also gives you the freedom to be stupid.” GivingWellsCasesStupidYangAnything In Life Author:Jesse Ventura
“People love hearing Trump tell a media person, "You're stupid, what kind of question is that? You have no idea what you're talking about, let me tell you what -" They love that. Nobody ever talks back to 'em. Nobody ever gets on their case.” PeopleKindPersonsIdeasTalkingCasesMediaStupidTrumpLet MeHearingNo IdeaEmsYou Re Stupid Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm not gonna buy something without planning. If I buy $100,000 worth of gold, I gotta put $100,000 aside for my family in case something happens. You look kind of stupid wearing all that gold and you didn't have no plan.” IfsLooksKindHappensCasesPlansStupidMy FamilyGoldPlanningThings Happen Author:Mr. T
“No one can believe I might have a brain. Because I'm really tall, I'm really blonde, I have big muscles, and kill people for a living. There you go. If anybody's going to be assumed to be stupid, it's me. I don't know what my IQ score is, but I did study for five years at college. And I'm proud of my chemical engineering degree. I haven't done anything with it, but it's a card up your sleeve for later in life. It's nice to have, just in case.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsBelieveDoneBigsMightBrainCasesStudyFiveNiceHavensStupidCollegeProudDegreesCardsMusclesFive YearsScoreTallChemicalsEngineeringSleevesBlondeLater In LifeChemical Engineering Author:Dolph Lundgren
“If anyone spends almost the whole day in reading...he gradually loses the capacity for thinking...This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid” IfsThinkingPersonsWholeReadingLosesCasesStupidCapacityLearned Person Author:Arthur Schopenhauer