“For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or wants to control you underestimates you, you can play their game right back.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPlayGamesStupidAdvantageUnderestimateDisdain Author:Veronica Webb
“We've got a pretty close family. Just ended fourteen years of travel hockey with two boys. My daughter was always a part of that. So there's a lot of trips to the hockey games. As I tell idiotic, stupid, youth-sport parents, it's about the drive there and the drive back, not about the trophy or how your kid played. We've always had a good relationship with our kids. You're driving with them and talking to them at the age of eight. It became this adventure and they learned to love it. You connect, you really do. It's not for every family.” YearsTwoKidsAgeGamesSportsParentTalkingBoysStupidYouthAdventureDaughterEightDrivingMy DaughterHockeyFourteenTrophiesIdioticGood RelationshipYouth SportsClose Family Author:Jeff Daniels
“If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play 'full out.' You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work - and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach. Otherwise, how could you innovate, how could you grow, how could you discovery who you really are?” IfsWantFeelsTryingPlayMightMotivationalGamesWinningGrowsStupidWillingApproachDiscoveryWilling To TryWilling To Change Author:Tony Robbins
“Football is a game based on emotion and intelligence. Anyone can be clever, the trick is not to think the other guy is stupid.” ThinkingGuyGamesEmotionStupidFootballCleverTricksManagersSoccerChairmanOther Guys Author:Jose Mourinho
“I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you; people react differently.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingSometimesGamesStupidFieldsGoes OnShapesUpsetBent Author:Carli Lloyd
“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.” IfsKindPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyStupidEuropeBallsEightNineBarsCanadaPoolCrapBangsSkillfulSnookerEight Ball Author:Daniel Negreanu
“When I was 17 me and my friend had mopeds. We used to play a game where we would close our eyes and drive while counting to the highest number we could. Once I got to eight, and that was pretty much the most stupid thing I've ever done in my life. I ended up on the other side of the road.” DonePlayEyeUsedGamesSidesNumbersStupidHighestMy FriendsEightCountingStupid ThingsMopeds Author:Jason Flemyng
“I am quite competitive. In stupid things like card games.” GamesStupidCardsStupid Things Author:Laura Marling
“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
“I used to quite fancy Russell Brand, but I'm not sure if it's just because he's funny. He's definitely got something and I can't just switch all that off because of one stupid moment. I fancy Barack Obama too, which is a wrong crush, isn't it? He's a married man, and he's quite old, but he looks young, so he's fair game.” IfsMenLooksI CanMomentsYoungUsedGamesStupidMarriedFairsBrandsBarackNot SureFancyCrushMarried ManFair Game Author:Konnie Huq
“The only mental games in ski racing is the mental game against yourself. Is the whole goal of life preserving your life as long as you can? No. The goal is to enjoy your life, challenge yourself, to sometimes make stupid decisions-which are sometimes fun and sometimes idiotic and sometimes just a big fat mistake you regret.” LongSometimesWholeBigsGamesFunEnjoyGoalChallengesDecisionMistakeStupidRegretFatsRacingLife GoalSkisIdioticChallenge YourselfLife ChallengesEnjoy Your LifeSki RacingStupid Decision Author:Bode Miller
“It's the horsey-shape piece that moves in an L shape. It's what makes chess complicated, and why stupid people can't play chess. Go play checkers! Knights are the first piece you look at. They elevate the game. No chess master wants to lose her knights.” PeopleWantFirstsLooksPlayMovingGamesLosesPiecesStupidMastersShapesComplicatedChessKnightsStupid PeopleCheckers Author:Courtney Love
“One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.” ThreeGamesHoursWatchesFourOne ThingStupidFootballAverageBoringBoredomHorrificFootball GameColossalAmerican Movie Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Girls don't think boys' games are too hard, they think they are stupid.” ThinkingHardGirlGamesBoysStupid Author:Andy Grove
“I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.” KnowsLooksMadePlayGamesFrontsStupidDumbBoardsSuggestionsJerkReally Stupid Author:Bobby Fischer
“I will cross that bridge when it comes. I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm. I am into it in a big way, and I am good at it, and I am going to get very, very rich and then I will get out and we will see what comes after that.” PeopleKnowsWayLongBigsGuyFightingGamesTermBrainRichStupidCrossesHarmBridgesLong TermDamageNot Stupid Author:Conor McGregor
“I love it. It's silly to say that it is a world of false and stupid people. Sure there are witches and swindlers, but you can meet there many creative, talented and generous persons too. Hollywood is a pleasant place, when you are hip to the game and you enjoy it for what it is really.” PeopleWorldPersonsGamesEnjoyCreativeStupidHollywoodSillyHipsGenerousPleasantWitchStupid PeopleSwindlersGenerous Person Author:Matthew McConaughey
“I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.” MeanI CanFightingGamesToo MuchTeamStupidSuspendedInspirational TeamPlayoffsPlayoff Games Author:LeBron James
“That's my life. But I don't glorify violence, and I hate jail. The rap game saved me, man: I've got three children, and I wouldn't even think of putting my hand in somebody's pocket or doing something stupid now.” ThinkingMenChildrenHandsHateThreeGamesViolenceStupidI HateRapSavedPocketsJailGlorify Author:Black Rob
“Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.” WantHelpingProblemHappensKidsMovingGamesSpecialEffectsStupidFiguresStudentsSolveScreensVideoMathematicalCodeMotivatedSpecial EffectsMathematical Problems Author:Seymour Papert
“By now, we have learnt that game-changing ideas do not come from experts, they come from people who haven't got a clue and ask stupid questions.” PeopleIdeasAsksGamesHavensStupidExpertsClueStupid Questions Author:Chris Boardman
“There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.” MenWayWritingDifferentGamesSoundStupidMajorityRapDifferent WaysRhymeStupid Men Author:Rakim
“Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.” KidsFunnyGamesHalfStupidBasketballHittingPitchingOther HalfSportsmanshipStupid FunnyStupidest Celebrity Author:Mickey Rivers
“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.” WayRealBigsFunnyMotivationGamesWealthInspiringMoneyStupidInvestmentAthleteRichesFinanceSavingMaking MoneyExcitementScoreSavingsRich PeopleSaving MoneyFunny MoneyPersonal FinanceRich PoorRich MoneyWise MoneyInspirational MoneyBest MoneyOld MoneyGreatest WealthReal WealthInspirational Money MakingBeing BrokeMoney MotivationAsking For Money Book:Trump: The Art of the Deal Source: Trump: The Art of the Deal
“I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.” ThinkingHas BeensI CanGamesModernStupidArchitectureSillyArchitectVery HappyCould Have BeenModern Architecture Author:Roger Waters
“It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.” HardWholeGamesWeekStupidHard WorkSillyPreparingSpoil Author:Arsene Wenger
“Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh! What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn't want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you'd cheat! I knew you'd win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming "Aaaaaaaaaaaa", then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it's just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!” KnowsWorldWantShouldFirstsLooksRealPlayWholeRunningLastsUsedHateFallGamesWinningLosesStupidI HateCirclesReal LifeWhole WorldCheatLast TimeHate YouI Hate YouCheatedIdioticHobbesSneaky Author:Bill Watterson