This is as good a time as any to comment on what I think has grown into an abuse. Congress makes holidays and every time there isa holiday it is the practice for one department to telephone over to another department and say we are going to have an extra holiday in this department and what is your department going to do about it.... If it comes on Saturday, they want a holiday on Friday, and of course they couldn't come back and travel on Sunday and so they want another holiday on Monday to get back on. — Calvin Coolidge

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One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. ― Thomas Sowell

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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

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what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.

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Some things may change," said Wednesday, abruptly. "People, however... People stay the same. _ Neil Gaiman

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He had a mental disorder called idealism. He was stupid enough to try and share it with others. ― Tyler Edwards

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Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends. _ Kurt Vonnegut

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Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. _ Richard Rorty

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The stupid are invincible.

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That stupid saying "What you don't know can't hurt you" is ridiculous. What you don't know can kill you. If you don't know that tractor trailer trucks hurt when hitting you, then you can play in the middle of the interstate with no fear - but that doesn't mean you won't get killed. ― Dave Ramsey

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