Dumb and Stupid Quotes Thread: Idiotic Source and Context are Key.

[Goodfella]

"The French don't even have a word for 'entrepreneur'."

-George W. Bush

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I don't think there's any proof he ever actually said that. I'd like to be proven wrong though.

 

[Borachio]

I think you're right. And there's no need to make anything up, as far as Bush is concerned.

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

Bush

 

[Grisu]

Why is that a dumb or stupid quote? Seems to make perfect sense.

well, maybe not dumb, just sad and telling. It's basically showing how ignorant our political elite are about technological advances that have been here for quite some time (the internet didn't get invented yesterday, you know). Plus she assumes that everybody is as ignorant about the internet as she is...

I don't think there's any proof he ever actually said that. I'd like to be proven wrong though.

I guess bushisms were so popular that many got invented on the spot, or in the words of Abraham Lincoln: "The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity."

edit: btw, snopes officially lists this particular bushism as false

 

[Kyriakos]

"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer -- prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them." --George W. Bush, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 3, 2008

Yeah, a better Ali G indeed

 

[Gori the Grey]

or in the words of Abraham Lincoln: "The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity."

Why sure you can. Just look them up on the web. That Lincoln guy didn't know what he was talking about.

 

[Phrossack]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Why does George W. Bush hate America?

 

[classical_hero]

"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer -- prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them." --George W. Bush, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 3, 2008

Yeah, a better Ali G indeed

Jow is that a dumb or stupid quote?

 

[ReindeerThistle]

I think you're right. And there's no need to make anything up, as far as Bush is concerned.


Bush

Okay, pick another from This list

Spoiler :

1. "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur."

2. "If you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."

3. "Justice ought to be fair."

4. "If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow."

5. "Reading is the basics for all learning."

6. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"

7. "The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?"

8. "September the 4th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget."

9. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

10. "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office."

11. "We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House - make no mistake about it."

12. "When the governor calls, I answer his phone."

13. "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."

14. "(The Taliban) have no disregard for human life"

15. "I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be… hold hands."

16. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

17. "The German asparagus are fabulous."

18. "It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."

19. "I'm honoured to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."

20. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

21. "I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances."

22. "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"

23. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."

24. "General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."

25. "We ought to make the pie higher."

26. "I think we agree, the past is over."

27. "America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness, and for the unalienalienable right of life."

28. "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again."

29. "I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it."

30. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."

31. "You wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling."

32. "My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions."

33. "Sometimes when you study history, you get stuck in the past."

34. "It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."

35. "There is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."

36. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."

37. "It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce."

38. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to… the beauty of playing baseball."

39. "One year ago today, the time for excuse-making has come to an end."

40 "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one."

41. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."

42. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

43. "(I will) keep good relations with the Grecians."

44. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport."

45. "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad."

46. "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

47. "I'm sure you can imagine it's an unimaginable honour to live here."

48. "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."

49. "I've coined new words, like ‘misunderstanding’."

50. "They misunderestimated me."

 

[AdamCrock]

"We were standing on the edge, but we have made a huge step forward !" - Władysław Gomułka - former first secretary of KC PZPR (Polish communist party)

"Nobody will convince me that white is white and black is black" - Jarosław Kaczyński former Polish prime minister

and Lech Wałęsa - former Polish president :

"I am all in favor and even against it !"
"There is a positive plus and a negative plus"
"I have made a turn by 360 degrees !"
"We can't blame the sun for rotating around earth !"
"I dont want to but I have too"

 

[Kyriakos]

Jow is that a dumb or stupid quote?

Well, the way he ended his sentence allows one to view it as if he meant that he was one of those whose lives were turned upside down and so deserves the praying of others in the US. (obviously he did not mean it that way, but it is a strange sentence structure in English, i suppose).

 

[classical_hero]

Having your lie turned upside down means that things in your life are going very badly. Basically what he was saying that we know you are going through tough times and we are praying for a recovery. Nothing dumb or stupid about it.

 

[Camikaze]

That's what he was trying to say, yes. What he actually said, though, was that he is a person in Louisiana whose life has been turned upside down. The only 'them' being referred to that he could be one of are 'the people in Louisiana ... whose lives have been turned upside down'. This is a matter of grammar; no-one is saying that what he was trying to say was stupid, just that he somehow managed to not be able to say it.

 

[Borachio]

Which is what's so very highly entertaining about Bush. He does it repeatedly.

I think he's a genius.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Is this going to be the stupidest thing I read all day? Day is still pretty young, after all.

"The James Bond series piggybacked on the fame of the PPK."
-asams10, Talk:Walther PP, Wikipedia

 

[Borachio]

The Kurdistan Workers' Party? What the... ?

 

[ReindeerThistle]

The Kurdistan Workers' Party? What the... ?

PPK, not PKK!

 

[Borachio]

Pinkster Protestante Kerk?

Nope. Still not getting it.

 

[dutchfire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPK_(group)

 

[Borachio]

Polizeipistole Kurz

 

[AdamCrock]

Walther PPK is a handgun PP is "Polizei Pistole" but I don't know what K stands for.