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Subject:
Intelligence
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Why does it so often take a genius to see the obvious?
Ashleigh Brilliant
(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Intelligence
Wisdom
Genius
Obvious
She was short on intellect, but long on shape.
Joseph Addison
(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician
Appearance
Body
Intelligence
The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
Cole's Axiom
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
World
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
Brian Gerald O’Driscoll
Intelligence
Knowledge
Wisdom: Knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
Anonymous
Definitions
Intelligence
Wisdom
Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.
Freivald's Law
Fools
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Work
His mind is so open that the wind whistles through it.
Heywood Hale Broun
(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor
Insults
Intelligence
Mind
Horse sense is what prevents a woman from becoming a nag.
Jackie Vernon
(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor
Intelligence
Marriage
Wives
Horse sense
Nagging
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.
Kelsey Grammer
(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer
Intelligence
TV/Movie Quotes
As Frasier Crane in “Cheers”
Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.
Beiser’s Brass Tack
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Facts
Theory
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.
Kyle Grooms
comedian
Education
Intelligence
Eyeglasses
When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry – for the clothes.
Josh Billings
(1818 – 1885) humorist
Clothing
Insults
Intelligence
An original idea… that can’t be too hard; the library must be full of them.
Stephen Fry
(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director
Ideas
Intelligence
Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
Voltaire
(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist
Entertainment
Intelligence
Stupidity
Singing
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
Sanskrit proverb
Intelligence
Men
People
Self
Sex
Appetite
If defensive linemen’s IQs were 5 points lower, they’d be geraniums.
Russ Francis
American football player
Football
Intelligence
Sports
Defensive linemen
Dan Quayle is more stupid than Ronald Reagan put together.
Matt Groening
(1954 – ) cartoonist, screenwriter, producer & creator of
The Simpsons
Insults
Intelligence
Dan Quayle
Ronald Reagan
I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
Steven Wright
(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Intelligence
Mind
Daydream
You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.
George Clooney
(1961 – ) American actor, director, producer & screenwriter
Stupidity
TV/Movie Quotes
As Ulysses Everett McGill in “Brother
Where Art Thou?”
Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.
Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Communication
Intelligence
Speech
Thinking
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with it's just compounding the felony.
Robert Benchley
(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist
Alcohol
Food/Drink
Fools
Intelligence
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