Subject: Intelligence (Page 19)

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

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

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

If he had a mind, there was something on it.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

(1921 – 2000) comedian, television host, musician, actor & writer

Fools rush in and get the best seats.

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

The amount of intelligence on Earth is infinite; the population increases exponentially.

All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains; what good are brains to a man? … they only unsettle him.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

There’s no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

(1908 – 2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals; she thought we just fought in world war eleven.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.

(1915 – 1987) Brazilian/British biologist

Some drink at the fountain of knowledge; others just gargle.

I once said Gazza's [Paul Gascoigne] IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: "What's an IQ?"

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

(1688 – 1744) English poet

This neurotic pursuit of sanity is driving us all crazy.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Critics? … I love every bone in their heads.

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

(1741 – 1794) French writer