Don't Quote Me!
Some of these quotes come from the book, The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
The Top 10 Dumbest Things Ever Said
#10 On Telling Tall Tales:
"I was not lying, I said things that later on seemed to be untrue." --Richard Nixon, discussing WaterGate in a 1978 interview
#9 On Salaries:
"People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000." --Pete Incaviglia, a Texas Rangers baseball player
#8 On Confessing:
"It was a mistake. It shows a lack of politeness to kill people when the Pope asks us not to do it." --Guatemalan government official on the execution of political prisoners just before the Pope's visit
#7 On Recognition:
After having seen a streaker run across a baseball field, he was asked if the person was male or female: "I don't know. They were wearing a paper bag over their head." --Yogi Berra
#6 On Telling The Truth, The Whole Truth:
"There are two kinds of truths. There are real truths, and there are made-up truths." --Marion Barry, mayor of Washington D.C., on his arrest for drug use
#5 On Rampant Crime....And Mathematics:
"If crime went down 100%, it would still be fifty times higher than it should be." --Councilman John Bowman, on the high crime rate in Washington D.C.
#4 On Justice For All:
"Hijackers should be given a rapid trial...with due process of law at the airport, then hanged." --Edward Davis, Police Chief of L.A. in 1973
#3 On The Importance Of Electricity:
"If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candelight." --George Gobel
#2 On Capital Punishment:
"Capital Punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life." --Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, explaining his support of the death penalty
And the #1 STUPIDEST thing ever said comes from Dan Quayle.....Surprised?
#1 On A Presidential View Of Hawaii:
"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."
Yes, you read correctly...That was Dan Quayle on a presidential view of Hawaii, during his visit to Hawaii in 1989. (Kinda sad, isn't it?)
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