Subject: Intelligence (Page 15)

At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information.

She is so stupid… she can’t make ice without a recipe.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host

Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs!


My daddy always said that a man who walks around with a smile on his face all the time can’t possibly know what's going on.

U.S. Senator (1942 – 2015) U.S. senator (Tennessee) & actor

There are more acres of forestland in America today than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

A fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.

(1928 – 2019) American business magnate a&d financier

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot; the guy who invented the other three… he was a genius.

(1922 – 2014) American comic actor & writer

Never enter a battle of wits half-armed.

You don't have to be a Harvard professor to manage baseball; in fact, I think you're better off having an IQ like mine.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

(1942 – ) English politician

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world.

(1927 – 1989) Scottish psychiatrist

I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the job.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Ideas endure and prosper in inverse proportion to their soundness and validity.

Never trust a man with short legs… his brain's too near his bottom.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

(1911 – 1978) U.S. vice president & politician

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist