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Stupid Things Famous People Say

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Drumroll, please............ Like all other great awards we've saved the best for last!

 

And the nominations are.........

 

George W. Bush

Tom Cruise

Paris Hilton

Dan Quayle

Ronald Reagan

Britney Spears

 

Stupid Award

Dumb and Dumber!

 

Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

  • Ronald Reagan“Facts are stupid things.”

  • “My fellow Americans I'm pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” - Said by the US President during a microphone test in 1984.

  • "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do."

  • "A tree is a tree. How many more do you have to look at?"- Opposing expansion of Redwood National Park as governor of California in 1966.

  • "Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal." - On his failed campaign for the Republican nomination in 1976.

  • "You can't help those who simply will not be helped. One problem that we've had, even in the best of times, is people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice." - On Good Morning America in January, 1984, defending his administration against charges of callousness.

  • "This fellow they've nominated claims he's the new Thomas Jefferson. Well let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor... You're no Thomas Jefferson!"

  • "What does an actor know about politics?" -  Reagan, complaining about Screen Actors' Guild president Ed Asner speaking out on U.S. foreign policy.

  • “I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."

  • “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.” "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born"
  • "What makes him think a middle aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?" - Reagan commenting on Clint Eastwood's bid to become mayor of Carmel

 

 

What Others Had to Say About Reagan:

"A triumph of the embalmers art" - Gore Vidal, author

"I believe that Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was - an Arctic region covered with ice." - Steve Martin, comedian, actor

"Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange."
- Gerald Ford, for U.S. President

"Compared to the Clintons, Reagan is living proof that a Republican with half a brain is better than a Democrat with two." - - P.J. O'Rourke, writer, journalist

"In the heat of a political lifetime, he innocently squirrels away tidbits of misinformation and then, sometimes years later, casually drops them into his public discourse, like gum balls in a quiche." - Lucy Howard

Washington could not tell a lie; Nixon could not tell the truth; Reagan cannot tell the difference.
- Mort Sahl, actor

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"Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything." - Frank Dane, author

 

Britney SpearsBritney Spears, American Pop Singer

  • "I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
  • "I always listen to ‘NSYNC’s Tearin’ Up My Heart. It reminds me to wear a bra."
  • "I always call my cousin because we’re so close. We’re almost like sisters, and we’re also close because our moms are sisters.”
  • "You know what, Christina? You're scary." - Britney Spears in an interview with Blender magazine when asked about her feelings about Christina Agulilera.
  • "Madonna has done so much, and she's been around so long, and the bitch still looks good!"

  • "Marry Prince William? I would love that. After all, who wouldn't want to be a princess?"

  • "I like most of the places I've been to, but I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't really like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa, but the whole thing just doesn't appeal to me."

  • "The movies are weird. You actually have to think about them when you watch them." - Britney on Sundance independent films.

  • "I would rather start out somewhere small, like London or England. - Britney when asked about taking a Broadway role."

  • Britney Spears"Where the hell is Australia anyway?"

  • "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."

  • "I'm famous, but I'm not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston."

  • "I want to wait to have sex until I'm married."

  • "I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too."

  • "I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt."

  • "Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty."

  • "You know, I mean, I, you don't go around sleeping around with people. I mean, I really thought that I was going to be with him for the rest of my life."

This girl seriously needs to finish her education!!

What Others Have to Say About Britney:

Britney Spears"The idea that someone like Britney Spears is a role model for teenage girls is kind of sad and horrifying. Britney is the epitome of a non-artist. She has nothing to offer but her T&A." - Joan of Arcadia  star Amber Tamblyn

"With Britney Spears, I just like to make fun of her. I don't actually like to make fun of Britney herself, just her body of work. - Scarlett Johansson, actress

"If she had a clue, she wouldn't have made that movie 'Crossroads', don't you think?" - Justin Timberlake, on his ex Britney Spears' career choices.

"You both smoke, you both drink and you both cheated on significant others after three years." - Shar Jackson (Kevin Federline's ex-girlfriend and former Moesha star) on why Kevin and Britney were made for each other.

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             "Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity." - Edwin Land, inventor

 

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