Subject: Intelligence

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence; this explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

(1920 – 2003) American writer

What you don't know would make a good book.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

You might be a redneck if… your down where you come from reruns of Hee Haw are called documentaries.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When one guy sees an invisible man he’s a nut case; ten people see him it’s a cult; ten million people see him it’s a respected religion.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Dan Quayle is more stupid than Ronald Reagan put together.

(1954 – ) cartoonist, screenwriter, producer & creator of The Simpsons

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time — I think I’ve forgotten this before.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry – for the clothes.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Alex Rieger: It’s so quiet up here you can hear yourself think.

Jim: I don’t hear anything.

(1938 – ) American actor

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If you said 'irony' to Clay, he'd look down at his shirt and think it needed pressing.

(1957 – ) American actor, comedian, writer & director

I do try to fight ignorance and stereotypes and racism with karate – like the Asians do.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian

He must have been an incredibly good shot.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

My old man was dumb, he picked a guy’s pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Never trust a man with short legs… his brain's too near his bottom.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Memory and teeth grow weaker with time.

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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