1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said
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Tags: Contemporary, Humor, Quotations
ISBN-13:9781592287871
Description
In celebration of mental lapses and pure idiocy, here is a collection of stupid utterances, unintentional and otherwise, from the worlds of politics, radio, television, newspapers, show business, sports, and literature— and everywhere else people can, and have, put their feet in their mouths.
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
—Brooke Shields, during an interview to become a spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
—Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, D.C.
"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."
—former Vice President Dan Quayle
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
—Joe Theismann, former NFL football quarterback and sports analyst
Extended Copyright Information
Copyright 2004 by Steven D. Price. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing from The Globe Pequot Press.
Previously published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press.
Cover design by Lana Mullen.
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About the Author
Steven D. Price, a consulting editor of The Lyons Press, is the author of more than twenty-three books, including 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said, 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, The Quotable Horse Lover, The Ultimate Fishing Guide, and Old as the Hills: The story of Bluegrass Music. A resident of New York City, he is a keen observer of human achievement and folly.
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I've read about foreign policy and studied; I now know the number of continents.
Thanks for the poncho.
It has not worked. No one can say it has worked, so I decided we're either going to do what we said we're going to do with the UN, or we're going to do something else.
You know, if I were a ...
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