Subject: Intelligence (Page 44)

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

I have an amazing ability to forget.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Germs attack people where they're weakest – which is why there are so many head colds.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what man does with what happens to him.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

(1913 – 1960) French-Algerian author, philosopher & journalist

One who has a clear conscience has a foggy memory.

My girlfriend said she wanted me to dominate her; so I said, “OK, let’s play Scrabble.”

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

He is so stupid… he thought Johnny Cash was a pay toilet.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter

I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

(1806-1873) British philosopher

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

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

It ain’t what a man don’t know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain’t so.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

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

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence; this explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

(1920 – 2003) American writer

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

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist