Subject: Intelligence » Mind

Great spirits often meet violent opposition with mediocre minds.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Pain: An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

(1891 – 1968) American publisher of The New York Times

Right now I feel that I’ve got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.

professional baseball player

What a waste it is to lose one's mind; or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.

(1948 – ) English rock vocalist & songwriter

I am in the prime of senility.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I told her the thing I loved most about her was her mind… because that's what told her to get into bed with me naked.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

(1919 – ) American poet, painter & liberal activist

If most people said what’s on their minds, they’d be speechless.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I don’t know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan’s Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

His mind is so open – so open that ideas simply pass through it.

(1846 – 1924) British idealist philosopher

I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

His mind is so open that the wind whistles through it.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

(1928 – 1982) American novelist, short story writer & essayist

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

A stale mind is the devil’s breadbox.

(1962 – ) American English professor & writer under pen name Eloisa James

Just imagine what he’ll be like when senility kicks in… if it hasn’t already.

English former football player & manager

Sir Stafford has a brilliant mind until it’s made up.

(1864 –1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author & wit