Subject: Intelligence (Page 14)

Why does it so often take a genius to see the obvious?

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.

Wisdom: Knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

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

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor

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

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

Sam: Have you noticed that, uh… somebody in this bar is getting a little loony?

Frasier: Sam, everyone in this bar is on a connecting flight to beyond loony.

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

I started wearing glasses, and people started saying I looked smart and I'm like, huh?… I didn't go to Harvard; I went to Lens Crafters.

comedian

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

An original idea… that can’t be too hard; the library must be full of them.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.


If defensive linemen’s IQs were 5 points lower, they’d be geraniums.

American football player

Dan Quayle is more stupid than Ronald Reagan put together.

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

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.

(1961 – ) American actor, director, producer & screenwriter

Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with it's just compounding the felony.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist