“Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The rain or your reaction? When you bump your knee against a table, the table’s fine. It’s busy being what it was made to be – a table. The pain is in your knee, not in the table. The mystics keep trying to tell us that reality is all right. Reality is not problematic. Problems exist only in the human mind. We might add: in the stupid, sleeping human mind.” TryingMindHumansMadeFeelingsProblemRealityMightPainSleepStupidFineRainNegativeTablesAddBusyReactionsKneesHuman MindKeep TryingBumpsPicnicsNegative Feelings Book:Awareness: Conversations with the Masters Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.” IfsThinkingMenWould BeBusinessStupidFineFoolFoolishSecretaryAdministrativeFunny BusinessCute Funny Author:Barry Goldwater
“I'm not stupid, I realise selling it is not as important as it used to be that way, I think it's more important to get your music out there and if people want to hear it an mp3 form or whatever I'm fine with that, I just don't enjoy the sound of it at home for personal taste.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantImportantHomeFormUsedEnjoySoundStupidFineTasteSellingUsed To BeRealisingNot StupidMp3Personal Taste Author:Butch Walker
“There is a fine line between stubborn and stupid.” LinesStupidFineStubbornFine Lines Book:Deadwood Source: Deadwood
“If you are unskilled and uneducated, your job is going south. Skilled workers, educated people are going to do fine ’cause those are the kinds of jobs Nafta is going to create. If we are going to start rewarding no skills and stupid people, I’m serious, let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do - let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.” PeopleIfsKindJobsCausesStupidSeriousFineSkillsSouthWorkersEducatedStupid PeopleUneducatedNaftaSkilled Workers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When you get older, you realize something: all those stupid mores and customs related to how a man should comport himself in the "game" of courtship are just that - stupid. Age affords you this blend of apathy and confidence - with a little bit of wisdom thrown in - that allows you to say, "Hey, I am attracted that girl over there, so I'm going to introduce myself. If it doesn't work out, that's fine. If it does, terrific. Either way, I lose nothing for trying."” IfsMenWayShouldTryingLittlesDoeAgeGirlGamesBitsRealizingLosesStupidFineLittle BitWork OutHeyRelatedThrownCustomsApathyIntroducingTerrificCourtshipThat Girl Author:Jason Mulgrew
“Accreditation. The "doctorate of fine art." I've never heard something so stupid in my entire life.” ArtHeardStupidFineFine ArtsDoctorates Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I've heard that I've gotten a lighter complexion, as if I've bleached my skin. I think that is so stupid and ludicrous. For those who want to bleach their skin, that's fine. I just didn't bleach mine. I'm a black woman. I don't want to be anything but a black woman.” IfsThinkingWantBlackHeardStupidMinesFineSkinsBlack WomenLightersComplexionBleach Author:NeNe Leakes