Subject: Intelligence (Page 13)

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Clothing Insults Intelligence

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one idea.

Émile Chartier (1868 – 1951) French philosopher, journalist & pacifist
Ideas Intelligence

Never enter a battle of wits half-armed.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist
Emotions Intelligence Love

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

(1889 – 1974) American intellectual, writer, reporter & political commentator
Entertainment Intelligence Music Wisdom

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Intelligence Memory Murphy’s Laws Women

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Intelligence Problems

To expect life to treat you good is as foolish as hoping a bull won’t hit you because you are a vegetarian.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer
Intelligence Life

Equality is not when a female Einstein gets promoted to assistant professor; equality is when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

Fools Intelligence Men People Women

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Education Intelligence Money Murphy’s Laws School Stupidity

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Age Fools Friends People Self

The thing about crazy people; they don’t know they are crazy, that’s what make them crazy.Crazy people

(1977 – ) Australian comedian
Beliefs Intelligence

Your head is as empty as a hermit's address book.

(1955 – ) English actor
Intelligence Stupidity

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist
Activities Fools Intelligence

Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.

(1948 – ) American book critic
Intelligence

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist
Education Ideas Intelligence School

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
Intelligence Stupidity

My grandfather’s a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice; one day, he took me aside and left me there.

American comedian
Intelligence Memory Relationships

Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host
Beliefs Stupidity

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Government Intelligence President