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A fool is consumed by his own lips. People thinking creatively and those in the throes of intense creative problem solving sometimes let fly from their mouths words they wish they had swallowed. Below you’ll find great inventors denying invention, innovators poo-pooing innovation, creative giants speaking very un-creatively. We all make mistakes—from Albert Einstein to Sarah Palin. The true fools, though, are those who still stand by what they have said. To view unmitigated mindless rantings, visit Quacks. For blatant ignorance from the mouths of the politically powerful, visit Punks. | ||
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The talking motion picture will not supplant the regular silent motion picture. There is such a tremendous investment to pantomime pictures that it would be absurd to disturb it. Old science is not good science to teach only as a fact. Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
X-rays will prove to be a hoax. With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the
Japanese auto
industry isn’t likely to carve out a big slice of the US market. There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught
napping. This
case is a loser. There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races from living together in terms of social and political equality. | ||
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Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We want anybody who can find work to be able to find
work. This, the greatest of all wars, is not just another war—it is the last
war! We don’t need you. You haven’t got through
college yet. We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. 640K ought to be enough for anybody. The bomb will never go off. I speak as an
expert in explosives. ...a dreary record of typical family bickering, petty annoyances and adolescent emotions. As for that V.P. talk all the time, I tell ya, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me: What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day? | ||
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Who wants to hear actors talk? Truth will become the hallmark of the Nixon administration. Christianity and Democracy are inevitably enemies. I think there is a world market for about five computers. Gentlemen, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over. The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century. We’re going to have the best educated American people in the world. It’s always better to take advantage of your chances as they come along. He is one of those men God and fate somehow lead to the fore in times of challenge. You’d better learn secretarial work or else get
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God himself could not sink this ship. The Titanic is unsinkable. While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility. Hemingway was a jerk. It is envy that makes a Communist, Nazi, or Moslem Terrorist. It is the fear of being envied that makes a liberal. Far too noisy, my dear Mozart. Far too many notes. I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made. Ours has been the first, and doubtless to be the last, to visit this
profitless locality. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Knowing of your congregation’s deep involvement in the major social and
constitutional issues of our country is a great inspiration to me. We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. | ||
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Things are more like they are now than they’ve ever been before. All forms of leftism and liberalism are based on an atavistic belief in Black Magic. All are based on the primitive fear of the envious Evil Eye. Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? What a waste it is to lose one’s mind, or not to have a mind. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves. You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck. What has America done for anybody? The future will be better tomorrow. ...too racy. | ||
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When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Facts are stupid things. Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. The singer will have to go. I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy, but that could change. An orgy of vulgar noise. Usually, if you wait long enough, someone will ask your question. Airplanes are interesting toys, but they are of no military value whatsoever. | ||
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. This is still a dangerous world. It’s a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential [sic] losses. You will find it a distinct help... if you know and look as if you know what you are doing. Always chew your pretzels before you swallow. Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe. I don’t need bodyguards. People are becoming too intelligent ever to have another war. I’m sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don’t know how to use the English language. | ||
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I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his
face and not Gary Cooper. Republicans understand the importance of
bondage between a mother and child. There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will. There will never be a bigger plane built. I understand small business growth. I was one. It will be years—not in my time—before a woman will become prime minister. This ’telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it’s not. [It’s] time for the human race to enter the solar system. | ||
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No imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to
nobody in particular? Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. ...impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A. The best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff. We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe. Childrens do learn. Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence. The problem with television is that people must sit and keep their eyes glued to the screen; the average American family hasn’t time for it. Therefore the showmen are convinced that for this reason, if not other, television will never be a serious competitor of broadcasting. The Constitution has never recognized a fundamental right to engage in extra-marital sex. It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it. | ||
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Just a passing fad. I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could—if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. | ||
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