Subject: Intelligence (Page 15)

Intelligent conversationalist: One who nods his head in agreement while you’re talking.

I started wearing glasses, and people started saying I looked smart and I'm like, huh?… I didn't go to Harvard; I went to Lens Crafters.

comedian

Jazz: Music invented by demons for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman

He is so stupid… he got fired from an M&M factory for throwing out all the W's.

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

(1941 – 2008) British journalist, musician &broadcaster

April 1: The day we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

Smart as a tree full of owls.

He is so stupid… it takes him an hour to cook Minute Rice.

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

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

I’m all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.

(1898 – 1964) Hungarian-American physicist

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

(1885 – 1972) expatriate American poet & critic

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

Every man has his follies – and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I remember your name perfectly, but I just can’t think of your face.

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

I come from a stupid family… during the Civil War my great uncle fought for the west!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

My wife’s not smart, you know? She used to reach inside her bra to count to two.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

(1885 – 1945) U.S. Army general

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author