#dumb

When Andy died, I just drank to dumb my mind. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#died #drank #dumb #i #just

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#better #democracy #dictator #dumb #honest

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#politicians

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#believe #cease #dumbfounded #i #never

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#dumb people #envy #i #i think #over

The biggest threat to McDonald's lies within - and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers. ↗

— Charlie Bell

#ball #becoming #biggest #companies #company

We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show. ↗

— Alia Shawkat

#dumb #going #move #network #show

Dumbledore paused, and although his voice remained light and calm, and he gave no obvious sign of anger, Harry felt a kind of chill emanating from him and noticed that the Dursleys drew very slightly closer together. “You did not do as I asked. You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#dudley-dursley #mistreatment #petunia-dursley #vernon-dursley #anger

I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon - or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#yule-ball #beauty

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#carriers #civilization #crippled #dumb #history