“Don't do anything stupid.”

—  Jeffrey R. Holland

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Don't do anything stupid." by Jeffrey R. Holland?
Jeffrey R. Holland photo
Jeffrey R. Holland16
Mormon leader 1940

Related quotes

Kim Gruenenfelder photo

“Men aren't stupid, and you don't need a complicated set of rules to find a good one who loves you. Here's the only rule you need: if a man loves you, he will do anything he can to keep you around. Anything.”

Kim Gruenenfelder (1967) American writer

Source: A Total Waste of Makeup

Muammar Gaddafi photo

“I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!… The stupid fool is a zealot, a warrior, and a clever one. But he doesn't accomplish anything.”

Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011) Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist

Remarks quoted in Red Horizons: Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief (1987) by Ion Mihai Pacepa, p. 110

Terry Pratchett photo

“Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.”

Terry Pratchett book Carpe Jugulum

Source: Carpe Jugulum

Donald J. Trump photo

“It's hard to explain. I don't care about anything having to do with anything having to do with anything other than the country.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)

Rick Riordan photo

“I looked at Rachel. "You're not going to do anything stupid, are you? I mean…. you talked to Chiron, right?"
She managed a faint smile. "You're worried aboutdoing something stupid?”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

Voltaire photo

“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.”

Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher

In George Bernard Shaw&#x27;s Man and Superman, act II, there is the following dialogue:<br>TANNER: Let me remind you that Voltaire said that what was too silly to be said could be sung.<br>STRAKER. It wasn&#x27;t Voltaire: it was Bow Mar Shay.<br>TANNER. I stand corrected: Beaumarchais of course. <br class="br">This quote has also been attributed to Joseph Addison. In The Spectator, 21 March 1711 http://www.hoasm.org/VIIA/Spectator3-21-11.html, Addison wrote of &quot;an establish&#x27;d Rule, which is receiv&#x27;d as such to this Day, That nothing is capable of being well set to Musick, that is not Nonsense.&quot; <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Source: &quot;Nowadays what isn&#x27;t worth saying is sung&quot; (Aujourd&#x27;hui ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d&#x27;être dit, on le chante) — Pierre de Beaumarchais, Le Barbier de Séville (1775), act I, scene II.

Rick Riordan photo

“You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?"
"Yes," Percy said. "I declare this is stupid.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

Sophie Kinsella photo

“Honestly, do these people have nothing better to do than engage in stupid mindless speculation about people they don't know?”

Sophie Kinsella book Can You Keep a Secret?

Source: Can You Keep a Secret?

“Be Godzilla. Don't do anything else. Write books about playing Godzilla, talk to reporters about playing Godzilla, but don't do anything else. Just be Godzilla.”

Kenpachiro Satsuma (1947) Japanese actor

As quoted by David Milner, &quot;Kenpachiro Satsuma Interview III&quot; http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum3.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1995)

Related topics