Subject: Intelligence (Page 34)

Learned Fool: One who has read everything, and simply remembered it.

My wife’s not smart, you know? She used to reach inside her bra to count to two.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

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

People say it’s easy to make fun of retarded people, but it’s not… you really have to explain it to them.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear –- that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

A decision is what a man makes when he can’t get anyone to serve on a committee.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

(1926 – 2009) Irish dramatist, television writer & essayist

You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

If you understand it, it's obsolete.

He is so stupid… he got fired from an M&M factory for throwing out all the W's.

Smart as a tree full of owls.

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

He is so stupid… mind readers charge him half price.

There are four things that hold back human progress – ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.

(1797 – 1875) American accountant

The way I see it… If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you’re doing, then your brain should probably be in on it too.

(1958 – ) comedian, actress & television host