Subject: Intelligence (Page 6)

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Critics? … I love every bone in their heads.

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

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

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap.

(1903 – 1989) American writer

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

You might be a redneck if… your down where you come from reruns of Hee Haw are called documentaries.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

His mind is so open that the wind whistles through it.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor

A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of inherently illogical rules.

A fool and his money are soon married.

(1862 – 1942) American author & poet

The helmet is one of the least effective inventions of mankind. It's designed to protect a brain that is functioning so poorly as to be unable to prevent itself from being cracked open on its own.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

Those who know the least will always know it the loudest.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

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

You might be a redneck if… your family always goes to the movies in groups of 18 or more 'cause they were told 17 and under are not admitted.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Overall Bush's European trip has been an overwhelming success. Not once has he gotten separated from his group.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.

(1961 – ) American actor, director, producer & screenwriter

He only had one idea and that was wrong.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.

(1890 – 1949) American actor