Subject: Intelligence

A face unclouded by thought.

(1905 –1984) American playwright
Insults Intelligence

They don't get the philosophy jokes in Alabama; they think Descartes is the thing you put before de-horse.

comedian
Intelligence Places

Only one percent of the oil pollution in the sea is the result of oil drilling, while 63 percent is the result of natural seepage on the ocean floor.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)
Intelligence Misspokements Stupidity

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author
Intelligence Stupidity

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Fools Intelligence

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

American baseball player
Appearance Baseball Body Intelligence Sports

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Government Intelligence Politicians

If you run out of sound judgment, borrow.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter
Intelligence

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot; the guy who invented the other three… he was a genius.

(1922 – 2014) American comic actor & writer
Intelligence

Henry James has a mind – a sensibility – so fine that no mere idea could ever penetrate it.

(1888 – 1965) British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet
Insults Intelligence

Circus: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Animals Communication Definitions Fools Language People

The Cardinal is at his wit’s end; it is true… that he had not far to go.

(1788 – 1824) English poet
Intelligence Mind

Everything looks bad if you remember it.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Memory TV/Movie Quotes

Horse sense is what prevents a woman from becoming a nag.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor
Intelligence Marriage Wives

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

(1883 – 1946) English economist
Government Intelligence Money Taxes

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist
Communication Intelligence Reading/Writing Time

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

(1917 –1986) American journalist
Ideas Intelligence

My health is good enough about the shoulders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Health Intelligence

I have always had a bad memory, as far back as I can remember.


Intelligence Memory

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist
Age People Understanding