Subject: Intelligence (Page 42)

Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.

(1925 – ) writer

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.


Beauty times brains equals a constant.

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

Memory and teeth grow weaker with time.

You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.

(1961 – ) American actor, director, producer & screenwriter

You might be a redneck if… your down where you come from reruns of Hee Haw are called documentaries.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time — I think I’ve forgotten this before.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It doesn’t seem fair, does it Norm … that I should have so much knowledge when there are people in the world that have to go to bed stupid every night.

(1947 – ) American actor & entrepreneur

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

(1889 – 1974) American intellectual, writer, reporter & political commentator

I once said Gazza's [Paul Gascoigne] IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: "What's an IQ?"

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player

We always admire the intelligence of those who ask us for advice.

(1927 – ) American lawyer, activist & public official

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.

(1891 – 1941) Canadian physician & physiologist

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

History would be an excellent thing, if only it were true.

(1828 – 1910) Russian writer

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

If you run out of sound judgment, borrow.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Let’s face it, sports writers, we’re not hanging around with brain surgeons.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

(1898 – 1971) American humorist

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.