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“I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid. “
Terry Bradshaw
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
George Washington
“Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.”
Solomon Short
“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.”
Yul Brynner
“I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid. “
Terry Bradshaw
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
George Washington
“Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.”
Solomon Short
“‘Sexy’ doesn’t have to come with the price tag of being dumb.”
Pink
“No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”
Barbara W. Tuchman
“Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It’s because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.”
Wale
“‘Sexy’ doesn’t have to come with the price tag of being dumb.”
Pink
“No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”
Barbara W. Tuchman
“Intelligence is sexy. Don’t play dumb, especially young girls. Don’t play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.”
Iman
“Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.”I’m not dumb, I just wasn’t educated.”
Michael Oher
People don’t realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you’re dumb, and you know you’re not. it’s just how your brain works.”
Kaya Scodelario
“Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.”
Marilyn Monroe
“Intelligence is sexy. Don’t play dumb, especially young girls. Don’t play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.”
Iman
“Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.”I’m not dumb, I just wasn’t educated.”
Michael Oher
People don’t realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you’re dumb, and you know you’re not. it’s just how your brain works.”
Kaya Scodelario
“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.”
Yul Brynner
“Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It’s because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.”
Wale
“Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.”
Marilyn Monroe
“People only go by looks. If you have big breasts it doesn’t mean that you are dumb.”
Motsi Mabuse
“Smart development builds on a region’s own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and profits to a distant headquarters, undercuts local manufacturers, and risks layoffs without warning.”
Donella Meadows
“Seve Ballesteros was the best trouble-shot player who ever lived. It didn’t matter how far in the woods you put that guy, he’d find a way to get out. But Seve inadvertently put a lot of big numbers on the scorecards of average players, because he inspired them to take dumb chances.”
Lee Trevino
“Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.”
Scott Adams
“If I could be doing anything, I’d be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.”
Anita Baker
“I’m a meathead, man. You’ve got smart people, and you’ve got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.”
Keanu Reeves
“I wasn’t as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me ‘How do you write?’ I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, ‘On a typewriter in the mornings when there’s nothing else to do.”
Eve Babitz
“I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.”
Francis Ford Coppola
“If I could be doing anything, I’d be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.”
Anita Baker
“I’m a meathead, man. You’ve got smart people, and you’ve got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.”
Keanu Reeves
“I wasn’t as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me ‘How do you write?’ I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, ‘On a typewriter in the mornings when there’s nothing else to do.”
Eve Babitz
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. “
Graham Greene
“For me personally, I just don’t have anything to prove anymore. I know exactly who I am, I know that I’m intelligent and acting dumb or acting like whatever. If that’s funny to me because I know it’s false then so be it.”
Emma Chamberlain
“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?'”
Lewis Black
“Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that’s who you are. Don’t try to be someone that society wants you to be; that’s stupid. So be yourself.”
Christina Grimmie
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. “
Graham Greene
“For me personally, I just don’t have anything to prove anymore. I know exactly who I am, I know that I’m intelligent and acting dumb or acting like whatever. If that’s funny to me because I know it’s false then so be it.”
Emma Chamberlain
“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?'”
Lewis Black
“Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.”
Scott Adams
“I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.”
Francis Ford Coppola
“Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that’s who you are. Don’t try to be someone that society wants you to be; that’s stupid. So be yourself.”
Christina Grimmie
“To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’ “
Christopher Hitchens
“When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he’d learned in three years.”
Frank Butler
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde. “
Dolly Parton
“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
Umberto Eco
“To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’ “
Christopher Hitchens
“When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he’d learned in three years.”
Frank Butler
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde. “
Dolly Parton
“Your ideas and the things that you do are dumb and stupid and make no sense – until you start getting recognized and making money. Then you’re a genius.”
GloZell
“I’m stupid, I’m ugly, I’m dumb, I smell. Did I mention I’m stupid?”
Eminem
“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”
Erica Jong
“‘Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won’t dislike you.”
Gerard Way
“Your ideas and the things that you do are dumb and stupid and make no sense – until you start getting recognized and making money. Then you’re a genius.”
GloZell
“I’m stupid, I’m ugly, I’m dumb, I smell. Did I mention I’m stupid?”
Eminem
“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”
Erica Jong
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”
Eugene McCarthy
“I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”
Barack Obama
“I know a lot of people think I’m dumb. Well, at least I ain’t no educated fool.”
Leon Spinks
“Pretend to be dumb, that’s the only way to reach old age.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”
Eugene McCarthy
“I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”
Barack Obama
“I know a lot of people think I’m dumb. Well, at least I ain’t no educated fool.”
Leon Spinks
“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
Umberto Eco
“‘Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won’t dislike you.”
Gerard Way
“Pretend to be dumb, that’s the only way to reach old age.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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“Most of ‘big data’ is a fraud because it is really ‘dumb data.'”
Peter Thiel
“Now, to find dinosaurs, you hike around in horrible conditions looking for a dinosaur. It sounds really dumb, but that’s what it is. It’s horrible conditions, because wherever you have nice weather, plants grow, and you don’t get any erosion, and you don’t see any dinosaurs.”
Nathan Myhrvold
“I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?”
Philip Zimbardo
“‘I wasn’t as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me ‘How do you write?’ I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, ‘On a typewriter in the mornings when there’s nothing else to do.'”
Eve Babitz
“Most of ‘big data’ is a fraud because it is really ‘dumb data.'”
Peter Thiel
“Now, to find dinosaurs, you hike around in horrible conditions looking for a dinosaur. It sounds really dumb, but that’s what it is. It’s horrible conditions, because wherever you have nice weather, plants grow, and you don’t get any erosion, and you don’t see any dinosaurs.”
Nathan Myhrvold
“I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?”
Philip Zimbardo
“In ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Dumb & Dumber,’ I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn’t even remember what I’d said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.”
Harland Williams
“I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.”
Jocko Willink
“Ever since my grade school days, as I mastered the art of ‘faking sick’ and I stumbled across ‘The View,’ I’ve been confusedly asking myself the same question… How do these dumb broads remain gainfully employed?”
Steven Crowder
“‘Niall Ferguson is an intellectual fraud whose job, for years, has been to impress dumb, rich Americans with his accent and flatter them with his writings.”
Alex Pareene
“In ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Dumb & Dumber,’ I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn’t even remember what I’d said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.”
Harland Williams
“I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.”
Jocko Willink
“Ever since my grade school days, as I mastered the art of ‘faking sick’ and I stumbled across ‘The View,’ I’ve been confusedly asking myself the same question… How do these dumb broads remain gainfully employed?”
Steven Crowder
“Only very intelligent people don’t wish they were in politics, and I’m dumb enough to want to be in there.”
Orson Welles
“In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips that are dumb to our complaint, the noble modelling of those limbs that are powerless to help us.”
Oscar Wilde
“When you’re young, you look at television and think, there’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.”
Steve Jobs
“Assuming audiences to be dumb, that’s a big fallacy.”
Rajkumar Hirani
“Only very intelligent people don’t wish they were in politics, and I’m dumb enough to want to be in there.”
Orson Welles
“In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips that are dumb to our complaint, the noble modelling of those limbs that are powerless to help us.”
Oscar Wilde
“When you’re young, you look at television and think, there’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.”
Steve Jobs
“‘I wasn’t as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me ‘How do you write?’ I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, ‘On a typewriter in the mornings when there’s nothing else to do.'”
Eve Babitz
“‘Niall Ferguson is an intellectual fraud whose job, for years, has been to impress dumb, rich Americans with his accent and flatter them with his writings.”
Alex Pareene
“Assuming audiences to be dumb, that’s a big fallacy.”
Rajkumar Hirani
“There’s nothing more valuable than your freedom in your life. When you’re in the streets you’re gambling with that 24/7. If you don’t know that you’re just flat out dumb to me.”
Yo Gotti
“The great thing about being young and dumb is that you don’t know what you can’t do.”
Peter Heller
“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothin’ can beat teamwork.”
Edward Abbey
“I’m not dumb by a long shot. I’m just bad.”
21 Savage
“There’s nothing more valuable than your freedom in your life. When you’re in the streets you’re gambling with that 24/7. If you don’t know that you’re just flat out dumb to me.”
Yo Gotti
“The great thing about being young and dumb is that you don’t know what you can’t do.”
Peter Heller
“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothin’ can beat teamwork.”
Edward Abbey
“I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.”
Richard P. Feynman
“I’m grateful for every stupid mistake and dumb joke I tried to make.”
Bo Burnham
“It takes a smart man to play dumb.”
Mr. T
“Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
“I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.”
Richard P. Feynman
“I’m grateful for every stupid mistake and dumb joke I tried to make.”
Bo Burnham
“It takes a smart man to play dumb.”
Mr. T
“With all due respect, I am against dumb.”
John Kennedy
“I don’t know about a lot of things. I read a lot, but a lot of it just passes through me. I don’t retain much. I am kind of dumb that way. Or maybe ‘I am a simple man,’ is a better way to say it.”
Bill Callahan
“I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.”
Roger Ailes
“I’ll always cringe remembering those little embarrassing moments when I said something dumb on a conference call, when my inexperience poked through, when I should have been more solicitous of the judgment of those around me. They’re a reminder that it’s not mutually exclusive to be confident and humble, to be skeptical and eager to learn.”
Jon Lovett
“With all due respect, I am against dumb.”
John Kennedy
“I don’t know about a lot of things. I read a lot, but a lot of it just passes through me. I don’t retain much. I am kind of dumb that way. Or maybe ‘I am a simple man,’ is a better way to say it.”
Bill Callahan
“I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.”
Roger Ailes
“I’m not dumb by a long shot. I’m just bad.”
21 Savage
“Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
“I’ll always cringe remembering those little embarrassing moments when I said something dumb on a conference call, when my inexperience poked through, when I should have been more solicitous of the judgment of those around me. They’re a reminder that it’s not mutually exclusive to be confident and humble, to be skeptical and eager to learn.”
Jon Lovett