Subject: Intelligence (Page 42)

The word “user” is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Computers Intelligence Things

No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Intelligence Money Murphy’s Laws

Egotist: A conceited ass who thinks he knows as much as you do.

Definitions Intelligence People Self

Statistics are no substitute for common sense.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

It doesn't take rocket appliances.

Intelligence Malaprops

Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Emotions Intelligence Love People Women

The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.


Intelligence

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
Intelligence People

If you only read one book in your life… I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.

(1967 – ) English comedian
Communication Intelligence Reading/Writing

One thing about being narrow-minded: you'll never be lonely.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor
Intelligence

Whenever I meet a pretty girl, the first thing I look for is intelligence; because if she doesn’t have that, then she’s mine.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian
Girls Intelligence People Women

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

… the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.

(1888 – 1957) English writer
Beliefs Intelligence People

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Places World

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter
Fools Intelligence Language

Forget that guy – just illiterate him from your memory.

Malaprops Memory

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet
Intelligence Stupidity

He has the lucidity which is the byproduct of a fundamentally sterile mind.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician
Insults Intelligence

I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas; I’m frightened of old ones.

(1912 – 1992) American composer, writer & artist
Ideas Intelligence

What you don't know would make a good book.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman
Insults Intelligence

We know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought.

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