Quotes About Intelligence

A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.

The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

Puns are the highest form of literature.

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.

Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

They misunderestimated me.

I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to be rid of it.

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Small things amuse small minds.

The fool who knows he is a fool is for that very reason wise. The fool who thinks himself wise is the greatest fool of all.

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

Intelligence is an elegance of excellence with an endurance of empathy, efficiency and effervescence of self-reliance with self-confidence besides an effective respect for independence and ignorance.

NO matter the situation, never let your emotions overcome your intelligence!

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.