Subject: Intelligence (Page 10)

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

I’m in love with a philosophy major, and she doesn’t even know I exist – and worse… she can prove it.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

(1564 – 1642) Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher & mathematician

More people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

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

A fool and his money are soon elected.

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

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

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

A face unclouded by thought.

(1905 –1984) American playwright

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

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

If there is a substitute for brains it has to be silence.

First you forget names, then you forget faces… next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

(1941 – 2008) British journalist, musician &broadcaster

He] had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Information travels more surely to those with a lesser need to know.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

Diane: Do you know the difference between you and a fat, braying ass?
Sam: Nope.
Diane: The fat, braying ass would.

(1949 – ) American actress