“In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language, and I mean including America and England, at some time wrote for Punch. Jerome K. Jerome, who wrote Three Men In A Boat, I loved. I was very impressed when I read a piece by Mark Twain in Punch, and realized that despite the fact that they were on different continents, Jerome K. Jerome and Mark Twain had the same kind of laconic, laid-back, "The human race is damn stupid, but quite interesting" attitude. They were almost talking with the same voice.” MenHumansKindMeanDifferentFactsAmericaThreeLanguageVoiceInterestingRaceAttitudeTalkingPiecesStupidMarkEnglandBoundsIncludingDespiteBoatMagazinesDamnHuman RaceDistinctionTeensContinentsVolumeImpressedEnglish LanguageLaid BackLaconic Author:Terry Pratchett
“I went up on stage, and said, "Why did the chicken cross the road? To check out the chicks." I was a genius at 10. Try telling that at 21, and you look hacky and stupid. That was the only joke I've ever told. Everything since has been character voices, doing impressions or just telling stories.” TryingLooksHas BeensSaidCharacterStoriesVoiceStageStupidGeniusJokesCrossesImpressionChecksChickensChicksTelling Stories Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.” PeopleThinkingHardVoiceStupidTone Author:Rebecca Ferguson
“I often use the iPhone as an example of how governments shape markets, because what makes the iPhone ‘smart’ and not stupid is what you can do with it. And yes, everything you can do with an iPhone was government-funded. From the Internet that allows you to surf the Web, to GPS that lets you use Google Maps, to touch screen display and even the SIRI voice activated system - all of these things were funded by Uncle Sam through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA, the Navy, and even the CIA!” UseGovernmentVoiceCan DoStupidExampleInternetShapesProjectsSmartResearchDefenseAgencyMapsDisplayGoogleUnclesNavyCiaIphoneSurfNasaNot StupidGpsUncle SamSiriGoogle Maps Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.” PeopleShowsRealityFilmVoiceMemoriesStupidTvsObsessedTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Jenny Hval
“I wasn't so stupid that I didn't realize the implications of what they were saying. In my live work I was going for the quick thrill, rather than spending time concentrating on my voice. I figured I'd get on, make as many quick movement as possible, dance my ass off for five minutes, move into the insult portion of the evening, and then, at the end, create some kind of chaos until the 55 minutes were up.” KindEndsMovingVoiceRealizingFiveMinutesStupidMovementChaosSpendingAssEveningInsultPortionsThrillFive MinutesImplicationsConcentratingSpending Time Author:Iggy Pop
“Stupid things like that which I never took into consideration – that I never thought about before like "Oh, maybe I'm hindering my singing by drinking all this amount before I go on stage. Maybe it's making me not project my voice properly."” VoiceStageStupidGoes OnAmountProjectsSingingDrinkingConsiderationStupid Things Author:Ladyhawke
“I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.” PeopleUsedHouseSidesVoiceLaughingStupidJokesSouthShoesChicagoStorytellerPolishFlipLiquidMicrophonesWilsonKiwiSammy DavisStupid JokesSammy Davis Jr Author:Bernie Mac
“Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.” IfsTryingDifficultSoundVoiceStupidDumbCopiesCashDistinctive Author:Brian Setzer
“I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal you at Evergreen", the very somber voiceover said. "But we can help you to heal yourself." It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. "Hey Cass, "I'd say, "hand me that toothpaste." "Caitlin," she'd say, her voice dark and serious. "I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself.” MadeSaidI CanHelpingHandsBigsEyeCareRunningFunVoiceDarkHeardStupidSeriousTvsJokesCirclesHealHeyRanAdsHer EyesVodkaSobbingToothpasteSomberEvergreensDowningPerms Book:Dreamland Source: Dreamland
“Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice.” LittlesLongSufferingDiesVoiceStupidRoundsCarefulSelfishAbsurdCommandBelovedRejoiceManiaSelfish LoveGrimaceStupid Life Author:W. H. Auden
“The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of looking at the world, and the whole of history might have been different. For sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.” MenWorldWayNeedsFirstsHumansHas BeensDifferentWholeMightVoiceViewsStupidIntelligentAccidentsDrivenDifferent WaysSheepMight Have BeenGoatsShepherdsSmall Gods Author:Terry Pratchett