Subject: Intelligence (Page 3)

A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

A loaded wagon makes no noise.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

(1856 – 1939) Austrian neurologist, father of psychoanalysis

I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

(1972 – ) American actress & former model

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

(1940 – ) computer scientist

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

(1922 – ) American economist

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization.

Never trust a man with short legs… his brain's too near his bottom.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision.

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

(1897 – 1975) American author & playwright

An original idea… that can’t be too hard; the library must be full of them.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

They put me in Special Ed because they thought I was slow, but I stayed in Special Ed for the ladies.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist