Subject: Intelligence (Page 22)

One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

(1819 – 1875) English priest, university professor, historian & novelist

So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.


I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

(1934 – ) writer & editor

I wonder what goes through [your dog’s] mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.

American writer

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

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

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

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

Philosophy: Common sense in a dress suit.

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

(1903 – 1957) Hungarian-American mathematician

You'd think such a little mind would be lonely in such a big head.

(1852 – 1917) English actor & theater manager

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.


Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience is pretty much confined to having had breakfast once at the International House of Pancakes.

(1938 – ) political commentator, author, columnist, politician & broadcaster

No man will ever put his hand up your dress looking for a library card.

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