Subject: Intelligence (Page 33)

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

You can always tell when a man’s well-informed… his views are pretty much like yours.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

She reminds me of Paul Revere's ride – a little light in the belfry.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

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

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

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

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

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

(1913 – 1973) American animator & cartoonist (Pogo)

She is so slow… she has to speed up to stop.

Sam, I’m very impressed. That’s a complex psychological concept coming from a man who has to write “L” and “R” on the bottom of his shoes.

(1949 – ) American actress

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

(1842 – 1910) American philosopher & psychologist

If you run out of sound judgment, borrow.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

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

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.

(1844 – 1912) Scottish poet, novelist & literary critic

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

(1920 – 1985 Russian-born American actor of stage & film

Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Some coaches pray for wisdom; I pray for 260-pound tackles… they’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

(1932 – ) American football coach

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

These guys from the nation's capital… now they do a lot of thinking.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

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