Good Dumb Quotes

#1. Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

Dan Quayle

#2. I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

Tommy Hilfiger

#3. Gee, thanks Dad. I promise to be a good boy and play nice with the other kids.(Kyrian)
Smart ass.(Julian)
Better than a dumb ass.(Kyrian)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#4. Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

Rick Moranis

#5. Mrs. Palmer is a teacher so naturally I assumed she would never do anything good for me.

Jim Benton

#6. 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 G. Zimbardo

#7. The trouble with me is I think too much. I always said you have to be dumb to play good golf.

JoAnne Carner

#8. Good for you Woods. You're not as dumb as you look. Come to think of it, no one's as dumb as you look.

Randy Alcorn

#9. There are lots of good cops around. Dumb guys who are good cops. Inflexible, limited, tough, self-satisfied types who are all good cops. It would be better if there were a few more good guys who were cops." His

Maj Sjowall

#10. You shouldn't be proud of being good at something, if you were born with it. That would be as dumb as being proud of having two legs, or speaking a language, or pooping.

Orson Scott Card

#11. Problems don't always get fixed. Lots of the time things are boring or dumb for no good reason. Or even terrible. And you can't do anything about it. That's life.

Laurel Snyder

#12. The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produces no concept; therefore, it is dumb.

Umberto Eco

#13. I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.

Steve Martin

#14. I keep re-watching Friends. It's so dumb. There's so much good TV and I'm really into all of it.

Lissie

#15. I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that.

Michael Imperioli

#16. Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

Lawrence Schiller

#17. So many of us have our asses watching stupid reality shows, desensitizing our brains. Like, "Wow, isn't that dumb, but I'm so entertained right now! That's the stupidest thing I've seen in my life - give me more of it!" It's not good.

Michael Pitt

#18. I would have made a good pope.

Richard M. Nixon

#19. 'Smart growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys the environment. The only difference is that 'smart growth' does it with good taste. It's like booking passage on the Titanic. Whether you go first-class or steerage, the result is the same.

Albert Allen Bartlett

#20. So, I guess it's true what they say, beauty and brains don't always go together."
Crow smiled.
"Did you just call me dumb, but ridiculously good-looking?

John H. Ames

#21. Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.
(Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September, 2004)

George W. Bush

#22. I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.

Bob Gill

#23. Most would probably call it a dumb idea, but considering my wants it was a good idea.

S.A. Tawks

#24. A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.

Eugene Atget

#25. While I was in college, I became a page at ABC. Suddenly I was working for Good Morning America, local news, national news. The page is the lowest rung of the ladder, and it's the also the place where you can ask any question and not feel dumb.

Anne Sweeney

#26. you aren't particularly good at positive self-talk, then it's time to practice and change your words. Don't talk about being overweight, ugly or dumb...because your children are listening and learning. They also need

Katrina Kahler

#27. Beyond annoying our audience by trying to sound smart, we run the risk of making our audience feel dumb. In either case, this is not a good user experience for our audience. Avoid

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

#28. The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.

Sarah Silverman

#29. We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

Dan Futterman

#30. I had to stop sneaking around girls' houses like some kind of dumb-ass cat burglar. Clearly it got me nowhere good.

Kieran Scott

#31. *Live fast, die young, and, leave a good looking corpse.* is dumb. When dead, looks matters not. (Furthermore, the corpse will only look good for a day, or, twelve.)

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#32. You're not doing a good job of selling me this dumb fantasy. I'm not climbing into the back of your van if I have to be Robin. I'm Batman. That's how these things work.

John Kerry

#33. How did all that revolutionary talk of the seventies land us in a place where being female means playing dumb and looking good?

Claire Messud

#34. To ignore death and to be afraid of it is dumb because everyone is going to face it at some point. If you look at death and the reality of it, you realize that we're all going to die, so let's use this time on Earth to be positive and do good things.

Ray Toro

#35. When I was a teenager, I was so dumb my mamma knocked me off the porch with a broom. You wish you had so good a mamma.

Deacon Jones

#36. Good hips. Breed like cow, strong like bull, dumb like ox. Hitch to plow when horse dies.

Mercedes Lackey

#37. I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most writers, the earmarks of thrift, if not outright povery, are evident.

Joyce Thompson

#38. Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

Ogden Nash

#39. You don't have to dumb down - you just have to find a clever, good, secure man. I've found a couple - I've been lucky - but it's probably hard for everybody to find that true love of a good man.

Kimora Lee Simmons

#40. They are damn good projects - excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up there. You know some people make fun of people who speak a foreign language, and dumb people criticize something they do not understand, and that is what is going on up there - God damn it!

Harry Hopkins

#41. How about," Jane suggested, "some dumb question as to what a refinery does?" "Good idea," fired back Col. "What does a refinery do?" Connie asked. Anneena and Col groaned.

Julia Golding

#42. I suppose I arrived at my charitable commitment largely through guilt. I recognized early on that my good fortune was not due to superior personal character or initiative so much as it was to dumb luck.

George Kaiser

#43. I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.

Derek Landy

#44. I have always survived with comedy, in that I grew up very dyslexic and did not get good grades. I always thought I was dumb, and there are many people out there that would agree

Joel McHale

#45. Good books don't make you think, because the author has already done all of the thinking for you, but a terrible book can really give your brain a workout, because you spend so much time wondering what incredibly dumb thing the author will say next.

Joe Queenan

#46. The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

Norman Foster

#47. I'm not good with time. Like, if I ask you the time and you say A quarter to 2, I wouldn't know. Why can't you just say 2:30?

Nicole Polizzi

#48. I know it's dumb. I know I'll probably get hurt. There's a huge possibility this won't end well, but I don't care. It feels too good. He feels too good.

Nyrae Dawn

#49. I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.

Natalie Goldberg

#50. I absolutely admit I had him in the handcuffs so he wouldn't go anywhere while I checked the computer ... I certainly wasn't going to kill him. That's hardly going to do my career any good, is it?

Boy George

#51. It was as if my rationale had a stupid friend that was always getting up to no good.

S.A. Tawks

#52. The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me'.

Christopher Hitchens

#53. I want to punch him, but I don't because he's Pax. I can never tell if he's really so dumb that he doesn't even know he's dumb. If he's that stupid, I don't feel good about messing with him.

Bijou Hunter

#54. There aren't really any actual misconceptions, just dumb people versus good, honest people.

Ted Nugent

#55. Thats not a place where I'm considered good-looking.

Mark Hoppus

#56. Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb.

Warren Buffett

#57. The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.

A.E. Housman