tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post8458772305814844759..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: About being contrarianEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-43779364948976156572015-10-03T01:39:38.034+00:002015-10-03T01:39:38.034+00:00To bad, that's a misquote.
This is the quote:...To bad, that's a misquote.<br /><br />This is the quote:<br /><br /><i>No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.</i><br /><br />I can't believe you never checked that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-86026184186303107072015-10-02T19:53:06.387+00:002015-10-02T19:53:06.387+00:00One of my favorite quotes by H.L. Mencken, "N...One of my favorite quotes by H.L. Mencken, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public". Currently, Donald Trump is leading the polls as Republican candidate for President... nuf said.Russhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/karmagroovynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-11980026204605515782015-10-01T12:35:57.082+00:002015-10-01T12:35:57.082+00:00I'm not sure what I like, so I ask everyone el...I'm not sure what I like, so I ask everyone else to find out...Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307451585911959063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-11705149143786094502015-10-01T09:27:20.606+00:002015-10-01T09:27:20.606+00:00I try to like what I like and am usually successfu...I try to like what I like and am usually successful. What I find is that the popular things may be good at first but soon lose their appeal so I'm more careful about purchasing them.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-39959093113966901062015-09-29T17:51:56.075+00:002015-09-29T17:51:56.075+00:00I was like too, but realized how stupid it was - s...I was like too, but realized how stupid it was - something being popular doesn't make it bad. Although the "bonehead mass audience," to quote Costanza, does like some shit things (Two and a Half Men, Mrs. Brown's Boys)...but sometimes something popular is still good. Plus there's the hipsters - I don't want to be one of those "I liked ______ before it was cool!"Joe Dicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-27953402157373055372015-09-29T15:43:59.994+00:002015-09-29T15:43:59.994+00:00"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crow..."Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Comment about a restaurant, made by Yogi Berra.Brunoreply@blogger.com