The best Quotes by Alan Dundes

The best Quotes by Alan Dundes

Alan Dundes (September 8, 1934 - March 30, 2005) was an American folklorist. He spent much of his career as a professional academic at the University of California, Berkeley and published his ideas in a wide range of books and articles

If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.

The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

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Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

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California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

California New Mexico

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

Linus Torvalds

California Helsinki

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Joan Didion

Things are tough all over, cupcake. An' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike... except in California.

Silk Spectre in Watchmen -

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Justice California

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles California

That's the great thing about California, you can almost go to the mountains and almost go to the beach on the same day.

Leonard Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory - Season 11 Episode 11

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You know what's remarkable? That England looks in no way like Southern California.

Austin Powers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me

England & Great Britain California

It's the edge of the world
And all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the east
At least it's settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication, Album: Californication

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I drank when I was pregnant with you, you turned out fine. There's everybody saying 'don't drink, don't smoke'. I swear - Texas is turning into California.

Sheldons Großmutter "Meemaw" in Young Sheldon - Season 1 Episode 9

California Texas

In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows.

Woody Allen

Television California Trash TV

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to California - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

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I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.

Albert Einstein

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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Charles Bukowski

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Foolishness Intelligence Self-Confidence Doubt

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Albert Einstein

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Genius Foolishness

That's the misery: Stupid people are so confident, the wise ones full of doubt.

Helmut Schmidt

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein

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Universe Humanity Foolishness

Brom: "Because you can't argue with all of the fools in the world."

Christopher Paolini in The Inheritance Cycle - Eragon

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You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin

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"There's perfect men around every corner", said God an made the Earth round.

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Working out makes people more comfortable with their naked bodies. So does Tequila.

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The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

George Carlin

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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

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Bacteria is the only culture some people have.

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If you're not careful, Netflix & Chill can turn into Disney+ & Children pretty damn fast.

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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