Stupid Quotes: Dumb and Foolish Sayings |
Quotations that have been proved wrong or have been, all along, plain stupid.
Environment
 | It has come to my attention, that air pollution is polluting the air! — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 5 likes |
Trees
 | A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at? — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 3 likes |
Ancestry
 | An “extremely credible source” has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 5 likes |
Woman
 | I don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister (on “Val meets the V.I.P.s”, BBC, 5 March, 1973) 2 likes |
Speaking
 | Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? — Harry Warner, 1881-1958, American film producer (in 1927) 4 likes |
Rejection
 | You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor (rejecting the idea of a steamboat) 2 likes |
Enemies
| 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. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 8 likes |
Democracy
| A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 11 likes |
Revolution
 | Another day without something worth mentioning. — Luis XVI, 1754-1793, King of France [1774-1792] (an entry in his diary on the first day of the French Revolution, 1789) 6 likes |
Communism
 | I'm sure that Nero didn't set fire to Rome. It was the Christian-Bolsheviks who did that, just as the Commune set fire to Paris in 1871 and the Communists set fire to the Reichstag in 1932. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 2 likes |
Arms & Weapons
 | Airplanes are interesting toys but without military value. — Ferdinand Foch, 1851-1929, French field marshal (said it in 1911, before WW I) 7 likes |
France
| The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for “entrepreneur”. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 8 likes |
Germans
| It is our will that this state shall endure for a thousand years. We are happy to know that the future is ours entirely! — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 6 likes |
 | Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] (said it in 1934) 3 likes |
Communication
 | This “telephone” has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. — Western Union internal memo, 1876 2 likes |
Music
| We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. — Decca Recording Co. (rejecting the Beatles, 1962) 2 likes |
Books
| One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 4 likes |
Science
 | Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. — Lord Kelvin, 1824-1907, English scientist 3 likes |
Discovery
| Everything that can be invented has been invented. — Charles H. Duel, commissioner of the US Patent & Trademark Office (1898-1901) 2 likes |
Computers
| There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. — Ken Olson, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (in 1977) 3 likes |
| I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. — Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM (in 1943) 3 likes |
 | 640K ought to be enough for anybody. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman (in 1981) 2 likes |
Economy
| Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. — Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University (in 1929…) 3 likes |
 | The world might need double digit interest rates to control inflation in the near future. — Alan Greenspan, 1926-, American economist (rates have been near zero for most of the time since) 2 likes |
Business
| The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for “entrepreneur”. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 8 likes |
Cinema
| Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? — Harry Warner, 1881-1958, American film producer (in 1927) 4 likes |
Success & Failure
| If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 4 likes |
Predictions
| It is our will that this state shall endure for a thousand years. We are happy to know that the future is ours entirely! — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 6 likes |
Destruction
| We may be the generation that sees Armageddon. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 4 likes |
Usefulness
 | That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them? — Rutherford B. Hayes, 1822-1893, American President [1877-1881] ( to Alexander Graham Bell after a demonstration of the telephone) 6 likes |
