“In general, I've found female protagonists more intriguing to work with than males. I cherish women and have always preferred their company, reveling in their perfumes, their contours, their finer-grained sensibilities, lunar intuitions, nurturing instincts and relatively unfettered emotions--although I'm certainly not unaware that there are plenty of neurotic, uptight, stupid women in the world.” WorldFoundEmotionCompanyStupidFemaleInstinctMalesIntuitionPlentyCherishSensibilityPerfumeNeuroticNurturingIntriguingProtagonistsUptightFemale Protagonists Author:Tom Robbins
“I have always preferred the company of older people. No one in the history of the world has had less interest in the young than I do. I am not interested in what young people are thinking. They're thinking less than old people, of course. I mean, what could they be thinking? And what are they doing? They're doing the same stupid things you did.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanYoungCoursesInterestCompanyStupidYouthNot InterestedOld PeopleWorld HistoryStupid ThingsOlder PeopleThinking Less Author:Fran Lebowitz
“When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.” IfsWantGivingYearsUseDreamBigsJobsNextCompanyStupidFiguresSmartLaysWhat You WantPursuePanicSalaryBig CompaniesYou Re Stupid Author:Bruce Schneier
“A congressman actually apologized to BP's CEO for the way the company has been treated. How stupid are you when the CEO of BP is in the room and people think you're the moron?” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensRoomsCompanyStupidTreatedCeoMoronCongressman Author:Jay Leno
“If you are not a psychiatrist, stay away from idiots. They are too stupid to pay a layman for his company.” IfsPayCompanyStupidIdiotPsychiatristLayman Author:Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!” FirstsBigsMistakeCompanyRecordsStupidSellsAlbumsAlternativesRecord CompaniesBig MistakeStupid Mistake Author:Lauryn Hill
“In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.” FirstsBelieveMadeHardMy OwnBrainCompanyCareersGroupsTalentStupidManagementBlamePressesMade ItManagersExplanationProfessorsDedicationElsewhereHarvardMitStupid MenDoctoratesAttribution Author:Clayton Christensen
“The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid questions about how many hits are on the next record. It was very liberating.” NextCompanyCareersRecordsHappenedStupidLiberatingBreakdownRecord CompaniesStupid Questions Author:John Mellencamp
“The Chinese are not stupid people. They're very smart people. They told me very, very distinctly that they cannot believe how stupid our representatives are in the United States. They cannot believe that they can continue to take all our jobs - you know, through the manipulation of the currency, of their currency, they make it almost impossible for our great companies to compete.” PeopleKnowsBelieveStatesJobsUnitedCompanyUnited StatesImpossibleStupidSmartChineseManipulationRepresentativesCurrencyStupid PeopleSmart PeopleVery SmartNot StupidGreat Company Author:Donald Trump
“Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.” EnoughCompanyStupidDumbCredibilityConsultantsDilbert Author:Scott Adams