Subject: Intelligence (Page 7)

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

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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

(1983 – ) American actor, producer, writer & director

If you talk about yourself, he’ll think you’re boring; if you talk about others, he’ll think you’re a gossip; if you talk about him, he’ll think you’re a brilliant conversationalist.

A loaded wagon makes no noise.

Sure I've got one; it's a perfect twenty-twenty.

American football player

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

(1844 – 1924) French novelist

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

(1891 – 1968) American publisher of The New York Times

I have a simple philosophy; fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

It’s easy to identify people who can’t count to ten; they’re in front of you in the supermarket express lane.

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

You’ve heard of people living in a fool’s paradise? … well, Leonora has a duplex there.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with it's just compounding the felony.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

He is so stupid… it takes him 2 hours to watch 60 minutes.

A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)