Subject: Intelligence (Page 3)

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Eating Food/Drink Intelligence

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist
Intelligence Stupidity

There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

Intelligence Memory Murphy’s Laws

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck.

(1907 – 1970) American organized labor (AUW) & civil rights activist
Intelligence

Everything looks bad if you remember it.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Memory TV/Movie Quotes

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

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author
Communication Emotions Happiness Intelligence Stupidity

I think I am, therefore I am… I think.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Intelligence Life

Baseball is dull only to those with dull minds.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter
Baseball Intelligence People Sports

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Characteristics Intelligence

Only someone who understands something absolutely can explain it so no one else can understand it.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Understanding

He is so stupid… he thought Johnny Cash was a pay toilet.

Exaggerations Intelligence Stupidity

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian
Intelligence Money Poverty Stupidity

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
Insults Intelligence People

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

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

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

(1983 – ) American actor, producer, writer & director
Stupidity TV/Movie Quotes

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Dance Entertainment Intelligence Music

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

Intelligence Mind People Self

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Intelligence People

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Intelligence Stupidity Wisdom

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Intelligence Problems Stupidity