Subject: Intelligence (Page 7)

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist
Emotions Intelligence Love

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Memory Proverbs

Let’s face it, sports writers, we’re not hanging around with brain surgeons.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Intelligence People Sports

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws World

Education: Forcing abstract ideas into concrete heads.

Definitions Ideas Intelligence

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

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Alcohol Food/Drink Intelligence

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

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Intelligence Wisdom

If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every last one of them would know the theme song from The Beverly Hillbillies.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
America Intelligence People

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Don't get insulted, but is your job devoted to spreading ignorance?

Insults Intelligence

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

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

(1888 – 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of self-improvement skills
Characteristics Communication Fools Intelligence

Never enter a battle of wits unarmed.

Insults Intelligence

Connoisseur: A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Intelligence Language

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

(1806-1873) British philosopher
Beliefs Government Intelligence Opinion Stupidity

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

(1918 – 2002) American baseball player
Intelligence Thinking

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student; at least they can find Kuwait.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian
Education Intelligence Learning

Statistics are no substitute for common sense.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Marge, every time I learn something new it pushes something old out of my brain. Remember that time I learned how to make wine and forgot how to drive?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Mind Self TV/Movie Quotes

I once dated a guy so dumb he could not count to 21 unless he was naked.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Insults Intelligence Stupidity

I’m going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

(1906 – 1992) Canadian-born American academic
Communication Intelligence Mind Speech