David Allan Coe Quotes

People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.'

People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.

I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that I'm not intelligent.

There have been occasions when some people have taken me very seriously.

I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever.

If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.

Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others.

There's something advantageous about having people underestimate your intellect, insomuch as a lot of things are revealed to you. They assume you don't know what you're talking about, then all of a sudden, you do. And the next thing you know, you have information you wouldn't normally have.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

I think people will be surprised to find that I'm not as much of an idiot as they think I am. I'm not a real moron.

Brainy's the new sexy.

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.

What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.

Your audience is a lot smarter than you realize.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name.

I think some people see me as being some kind of lovable, bumbling buffoon, and I'm actually quite mouthy and sharp, and that doesn't compute.

There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms of literary expression. Others say, 'No, no, no. He went to Cambridge. He got a good degree. He must be Einstein.'

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

I think one of the major misconceptions about me is that I live my life the way people think I lead my life, with hot and cold drinks running everywhere and a party all the time. They think of my life in terms of certain excesses that don't really exist. Things are actually fairly simple.

If you hear the question wrong, you will answer wrong.

We were almost all wrong

A lot of things get misinterpreted with me, I guess.