“(T)he most important reason American leftists love France is that French elites say bad things about America. French intellectuals call us racist, stupid, imperialistic, simplistic, etc. ' and that alone is proof of their intellectualism. So long as you call America “racist,” you could add that an enema is as good as a toothbrush and some professor of “communications theory” would applaud.” LongImportantReasonAmericaStupidTheoryCommunicationAddProofFranceEtcRacistBad ThingsProfessorsElitesIntellectualismLeftistsToothbrushes Author:Jonah Goldberg
“I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity, etc.” ThinkingKnowsAwarenessStupidPrideProudStupidityCleverEtc Book:The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery Source: The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery
“The stupid and dishonest accountants allowed the genie of totally inappropriate accounting to descend on derivatives books. And once this has happened - people get status, etc. - it's impossible to get it back into the bottle.” PeopleBookImpossibleHappenedStupidEtcBottlesAccountingInappropriateAccountantsDerivativesGenies Author:Charlie Munger
“I am definitely less and less interested in music made by people that exist today, people that are living. I just see them as part of the whole stupid process of the music business, desperate (even if they feign indifference) to get noticed, trying to "make it" in the stinking music business, to become "famous" etc, and it disgusts me.” PeopleIfsTryingMadeWholeTodayProcessStupidIndifferenceDesperateEtcDisgustingMusic Business Author:Michael Gira