A CELEBRATION OF STUPIDITY
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Albert Einstein
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa
Some fireside quotes from the President –
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully"
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighbourhoods."
"Actually, I...this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about...when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have...he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."
"We ought to make the pie higher."
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."
"Do you have blacks, too?"—To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso,
"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."
"And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours."
"We've tripled the amount of money—I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available."
"One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a—a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone"
"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."—
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."--
If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement."—