“To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.” StupidWillingMouthsRainFlowRiversStonesStreamsThronesSpillsRubiesJackasses Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“I'm fairly well off. I can't poor-mouth that away from people's sensibilities about me, which is something I worry about as an actor. But it would be real stupid of me to do something for the money.” PeopleWellsI CanRealWould BeActorsPoorWorryStupidMouthsBeing RealSensibility Author:Jack Nicholson
“Enigmatic - the quality of keeping silent and making people wonder if one is stupid rather than opening one's mouth and removing all doubt.” PeopleIfsSilenceQualityWonderDoubtStupidMouthsSilentOpeningEnigmaticKeeping Silent Book:The Spiral Path Source: The Spiral Path
“I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell .” TryingMeanUseLordClassHellMiddleSpecialStupidMouthsPressureDrunkMiddle ClassHumiliationMayorsCondescendingShowbiz Author:John Lennon
“That America is in the calamity is a result of a certain amount of elitism in the Democratic Party where they're tied to the sensibility of the college-educated, multicultural crowd, of which I'm a part, which has created a sense where it's OK to say, "All the red state voters are stupid, they're all dummies, they're all racist, they're all backwards mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging ..." all that stuff. And that kind of elitism, which is first of all not true, is also not fair. It's also dumb strategy.” FirstsKindStatesAmericaCertainStuffResultsPartyStupidCollegeAmountMouthsRedFairsStrategyDemocraticCrowdsEducatedDumbBreathingRacistVotersTiedSensibilityBackwardsCalamityDemocratic PartyNot FairMulticulturalElitismKnucklesDummy Author:Van Jones
“The average politician speaks out of both sides of their mouth. No matter if it's Canada or the United States. And it's all three levels of government here and all parties. They act one way in front of the people and they think people are stupid and they can blow smoke where the sun doesn't shine for these people. And people don't buy it anymore.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMatterStatesGovernmentThreeSpeakSidesLevelsUnitedPartyUnited StatesSunFrontsStupidPoliticianMouthsShiningAverageBlowOne WaySmokeCanadaBoth SidesSpeaks Out Author:Doug Ford, Jr.
“I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.” YearsLeftStupidRepublicanTasteMouthsDemocratBad Taste Author:Monica Lewinsky
“Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses us and on occasion shuts our mouths.” LifeMeanAcceptingStupidMouthsOccasions Author:Albert Camus
“Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up, we block it. If we want to allow it its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream, letting anything come, initially censoring nothing. That is creative life. It is made up of divine paradox. To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.” IfsWantDoeArtMadeCreativeClearStupidDivineWillingMouthsRainFlowRiversStonesBlockManageStreamsDryParadoxThronesSpillsRubiesCreative LifeCensoringJackassesDry Up Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes