Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
Nawal El Saadawi -
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
Malorie Blackman -
You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
Ted Danson -
Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.
Lars von Trier -
Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.
Yair Lapid -
The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion. It still provides the essential escape valve without which the slow build-up of pressures would have long since resulted in catastrophic explosion.
Haile Selassie -
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
Kin Hubbard -
The media are using a national treasure-that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.
Amy Goodman -
It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty.
Anthony Kennedy -
It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
Alfred Jodl
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Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that.
John Anderson -
For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.
Breckin Meyer -
I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced.
Lesley Stahl -
Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad.
Marvin Hagler -
Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything.
Debi Mazar -
I can't lie, I did a lot of really, really stupid things, and it was because it was my way of crying for help.
Kelly Osbourne
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The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.
Francis Bacon -
I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
Angela Davis -
Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.
Barack Obama -
Immediately we were all like - this sounds like Won’t get fooled again ! And that was the track done really.
Andrew Bell Beady Eye -
You can get rid of the teacher certification requirements, and you're still not going to have a rush of incredibly high-quality people going into teaching as long as teachers are valued in the way they currently are. The way we value people is by how much we pay them.
James Forman, Jr. -
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas