Quotes by Dumb Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It is the custom to trumpet forth much wonder and astonishment at the chief actors therein setting at defiance so completely the opinion of the world; but there is no greater fallacy; it is precisely because they do consult the opinion of their own little world that such things take place at all, and strike the great world dumb with amazement. Charles Dickens injustice-and-oppression words-of-wisdom dumb I don't want men of experience working for me. The experienced man is always telling me why something can't be done. The fellow who has not had any experience is so dumb he doesn't know a thing can't be done - and he goes ahead and does it. Charles Kettering dumb doe men The Muses were dumb while Apollo lectured. Charles Lamb apollo silence dumb He may look dumb, but that's just a disguise. Charlie Daniels dumb friendship looks For the people who don't know, my character could described, in a nutshell, as the bar dumb-dumb. Charlie Day dumb character people He knew one thing for sure, though. Whatever happened, Matt would have some handy excuse. He'd make up some story or change an old one, find some dumb quote to explain it all. Charlie Higson excuse dumb stories At most corporations if you make an acquisition and it turns out to be a disaster, all the paperwork and presentations that caused the dumb acquisition to be made are quickly forgotten. You've got denial, you've got everything in the world. You've got Pavlovian association tendency. Nobody even wants to even be associated with the damned thing or even mention it. At Johnson & Johnson, they make everybody revisit their old acquisitions and wade through the presentations. That is a very smart thing to do. And by the way, I do the same thing routinely. Charlie Munger acquisition smart dumb The beauty of a financial institution is that there are a lot of ways to go to hell in a bucket. You can push credit too far, do a dumb acquisition, leverage yourself excessively - it's not just derivatives [that can bring about your downfall]. Charlie Munger acquisition buckets dumb If you have the opportunities of Berkshire, an investment in gold is dumb. Charlie Munger dumb gold opportunity Strategic plans cause more dumb decisions than anything else in America. Charlie Munger dumb decision america It's in the nature of stock markets to go way down from time to time. There's no system to avoid bad markets. You can't do it unless you try to time the market, which is a seriously dumb thing to do. Conservative investing with steady savings without expecting miracles is the way to go. Charlie Munger miracle dumb trying I've been up and down so many times that I feel as if I'm in a revolving door. Cher dumb doors funny You only know that you're smart because you're around dumb people from time to time! Chris Rock smart dumb people I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures. Christina Aguilera ocean dumb funny 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 being-yourself dumb stupid And hey, it's okay to laugh at yourself sometimes, I do dumb things all the time (haha). But when it get's too personal, get your tough skin on and stand firm. Christina Grimmie skins dumb laughing To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' Christopher Hitchens cosmos why-not dumb I do not miss ITV, God no! Have you seen ITV lately? Cilla Black dumb missing funny If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get. Clint Eastwood political dumb enough In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb. Coco Chanel intelligent dumb stupid «1234567891011»