Subject: Intelligence (Page 31)

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number seventy-nine.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

You don't have to be a Harvard professor to manage baseball; in fact, I think you're better off having an IQ like mine.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

(85–43 BC) Latin writer

You’re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

(1954 – ) American actress

You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.

(1961 – ) American actor, director, producer & screenwriter

At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information.

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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The only place a men want depth in a woman is in her [cleavage].

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.


Couldn’t find his rear with his hands in his back pockets

Men and nations will act rationally towards each other only after all other possibilities have been exhausted.

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

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

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Humankind cannot stand very much reality.

(1888 – 1965) British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.