Dean Stockwell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next to a guy who’s doing a series of elaborate neck stretches, like we’re about to engage in a vigorous rugby match. He’s neatly laid out four types of gum on his Formica desk: Juicy Fruit, Wrigley Spearmint, Big Red, and Eclipse. I hate this guy. I hope to God he’s not a genius.

  • Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.

  • I know you love her. I’ve never seen you act this crazed in your life. I get that. But Nan hates her. If you love Blaire then protect her from the venom that is dripping from your sister’s fangs. Or I will.

  • I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

  • Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

  • There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

  • People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

  • Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.

  • We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.

  • I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.