Subject: Intelligence (Page 19)

If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every last one of them would know the theme song from the 'Beverly Hillbillies.’

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student; at least they can find Kuwait.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

A good idea is one that hits the other fellow with a bolt of envy.

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

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


Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.

(1948 – ) American book critic

Most minds are like concrete… all mixed up and permanently set!

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

He is so stupid… he got fired from an M&M factory for throwing out all the W's.

He is so stupid… it takes him 2 hours to watch 60 minutes.

If you said 'irony' to Clay, he'd look down at his shirt and think it needed pressing.

(1957 – ) American actor, comedian, writer & director

It’s easy to smile when you have a squirrel’s intellect.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

Don't get insulted, but is your job devoted to spreading ignorance?

Personally, I’m waiting for caller IQ.

(1955 – ) American comedian, singer, actress & author

Dan Quayle is more stupid than Ronald Reagan put together.

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

When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people that weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country… and we haven’t seen them since.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.

(1908 – 1990) English actor

His brain is a half-inch layer of champagne poured over a bucket of Methodist near-beer.

(1873 – 1945) journalist & author

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

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

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host