“I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying that I am an uncultured man. What stupid fools! Do they not know that I could reply to them as Marius did to the Roman patricians: "Do those who pride themselves on the works of other men claim to challenge mine?” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWellsChallengesEducationStupidMinesPrideFoolClaimsCriticizePresumptuousMarius Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.” BelieveEnoughStupidMinesHeroMajors Author:David Bowie
“Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it."” PeopleKnowsFeelsOpinionSeaStupidMines Author:Jessa Crispin
“I've - that I regret. That was stupid and ignorant on my part. I went to a party as a guest of a friend of mine, a lawyer. And he had a client who I didn't know, except - maybe I'm pretending I didn't know, but he was a big investor in The New Yorker. And as I found out later in a book about The New Yorker, this guy was very unhappy about [Bill] Shawn.He thought Shawn was spending out - spending too much money on writers.” KnowsBookBigsGuyFoundPartyToo MuchStupidMinesRegretBillsSpendingLawyerUnhappyIgnorantPretendingInvestorsGuestsClientsThis GuyNew YorkersI Regret Author:Nat Hentoff
“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