Top 10 Dumbest Quotes Ever

Tonite’s Toastmasters of La Jolla theme is “Traveling Through Space and Time,” and as I thought about astronauts, cosmonauts, and whatnauts, I remembered there is another kind of space, INNER space – and some of us have more inner space than others- e.g. blondes, jocks, etc. and we are often called “Space Cadets.”



So tonight’s top ten list is a bunch of quotes that come from some of our most famous Space Cadets – here are my top ten dumbest quotes ever:



10. "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

- Dan Quayle



9. "I was dramatically shaped by my grandmother and my aunts because they convinced me there was always a cookie available. Deep down inside I'm four years old, and I wake up and think out there, there's a cookie. Every morning I'm going, you know, either it can be baked or it's already been bought, but it's in a jar . . . somewhere. . . ."

— Newt Gingrich, 1994



8. "My vision is to make the most diverse state on earth, and we have people from every planet on the earth in this state. We have the sons and daughters of every, of people from every planet, of every country on earth."

— Former California Gov. Gray Davis, during the recall campaign



7. "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."

- a North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to his Coach why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982



6. "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

- Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had been to the Parthenon during his visit to Greece



5. "Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win."

- Basketball announcer Doug Collins



4. "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

- Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann



3. "I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife."

-Baseball player Mike Greenwell



2. "We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."

- Jason Kidd, Point Guard, New Jersey Nets



And the number one dumbest quote ever is…



“I love being a star because I get to travel overseas to places like Canada.”

-Britney Spears