Subject: Intelligence (Page 39)

Remember… write to your congressman; even if he can’t read… write to him.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

You get the feeling that Dan Quayle's golf bag doesn't have a full set of irons?

(1925 – 2005) television host

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

They couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if you wrote the instructions on the heel.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

He couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

(1934 – ) writer & editor

I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

(1972 – ) American actress & former model

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist

If ever a single person was living proof that intelligence is a meaningless quality without modest common sense, it was Susan Sontag.

(1947 – ) English-born Irish journalist & writer

Right now I feel that I’ve got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.

professional baseball player

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

You don’t have enough smarts to straighten this out. This is unstraightable.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Whenever I meet a pretty girl, the first thing I look for is intelligence; because if she doesn’t have that, then she’s mine.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

(1592 – 1644) English writer

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

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

My old man was dumb, he picked a guy’s pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor