Subject: Intelligence (Page 45)

The distance between many people’s ears is a block.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Humankind cannot stand very much reality.

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

Oh good, now he’ll be bi-ignorant.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

British clerk of the House of Commons

Beauty times brains equals a constant.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

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

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

Intimacy: A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

(1533 – 1592) French writer

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

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

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

(85–43 BC) Latin writer

When stupidity is a sufficient explanation, there is no need to have recourse to any other.

The Irish people do not gladly suffer common sense.

(1878 – 1957) Irish poet, author, athlete & politician

He couldn’t spell cat if you spotted him the C and the T.


One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

She has breasts of granite and a mind like a Gruyere cheese.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

Philosophy: Common sense in a dress suit.

Personally, I’m waiting for caller IQ.

(1955 – ) American comedian, singer, actress & author

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Empty vessels make most noise.