“That's what everybody tells me. "I would've had a great comic-book collection, but my mother made me throw them away." But when I was growing up, my mother didn't care. As long as I was reading, she didn't care if my room was filled with comics. I could have saved everything. I was just too stupid to do it.” IfsLongMadeBookCareMotherReadingRoomsGrowing UpGrowingStupidFilledSavedComicCollectionsComic Book Author:Stan Lee
“As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.” WritingHumansBitsHuman BeingsPleasureRoomsStupidCreatingGardenPianoTunesDigitalSheerOrganismsRecipesInventingComposingChili Author:Gary Hamel
“A congressman actually apologized to BP's CEO for the way the company has been treated. How stupid are you when the CEO of BP is in the room and people think you're the moron?” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensRoomsCompanyStupidTreatedCeoMoronCongressman Author:Jay Leno
“There's tremendous pressure, if you're in that [goverment] system, to be involved and be interested and to care about it. There's no room to say, "This is stupid."” IfsCareRoomsStupidInvolvedPressure Author:Dave Barry
“It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.” FilmProcessRoomsEmotionLaughingComedyStupidScriptsBeing TrueEditingOngoingMelodrama Author:Jon Turteltaub
“Democrats are dumb and Republicans are stupid, but the difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn't funny. Dumb is when you say something and the whole room goes, 'What did he say?'” WholeDifferencesRoomsStupidRepublicanDemocratDumb Author:Lewis Black
“I know a lot of people in Washington would say, well, you know, indigent people can't manage their health savings account. They're too stupid. But they're not too stupid. Somebody has a diabetic foot ulcer, they learn very quickly not to go the emergency room where it costs five times more to take care of it. They go to the clinic.” PeopleKnowsWellsCareRoomsFiveFeetStupidCostAccountsTake CareManageSavingEmergenciesSavingsClinicEmergency RoomUlcersSavings Accounts Author:Benjamin Carson
“Being in writers' rooms turns you feral. You are swearing, you are going to very dark, mean places. You start out in the room with all these smart people, and you're all well-read and well-educated and the humor is really erudite. And then over the course of the year, after the production schedule grinds you down, it is just so mean and stupid.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanTurnsCoursesDarkRoomsStupidSmartProductionsEducatedSchedulesGrindSmart PeopleSwearingWell EducatedErudite Author:Maria Semple
“Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsSaidEndsSeemsRoomsFourStupidTenMembersCrowdsWhy NotLaughedDelegationRipred Author:Suzanne Collins
“Most people would never admit it, but they'd been bitching since they were born. As soon as their head popped out into that bright delivery-room light, nothing had been right. Nothing had been as comfortable or felt so good. Just the effort it took to keep your stupid physical body alive, just finding food and cooking it and dishwashing, the keeping warm and bathing and sleeping, the walking and bowel movements and ingrown hairs, it was all getting to be too much work.” PeopleBodyLightFeltBornSleepRoomsEffortToo MuchAliveStupidMovementHairWalkingComfortableFindingsCookingWarmDeliveryPhysical BodyBathingToo Much WorkYour StupidBowel MovementsDelivery Room Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“That's how we slide, and while we slide we blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men, and America, but there's no need to make a brand name of blame. Individual self-interest: that's the source of our descent, and it doesn't start in the boardrooms or the war rooms either. It starts in the home.” MenWorldNeedsWarSelfProblemHomeAmericaNamesIndividualInterestWhiteRoomsStupidSourceCapitalismBlameBrandsColonialismWhite ManImperialismSlidesSelf InterestDescentCorporatismBrand Names Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole