"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness." - Elbert Green Hubbard, The Note Book

"To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say,
Is a keen observer of life,
The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away
A man who's untrue to his wife."
- W.H. AUDEN, New Year Letter

"Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap." - JACQUES BARZUN, The House of Intellect

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well." - REN DESCARTES, Discourse on Method

"A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso." - A.P. HERBERT, The Highbrow

"Intelligence barred . . . quarrelling, sulking, anger, silences of withdrawal, accusations and tears. Above all, intelligence forbids tears." - DORIS LESSING, To Room Nineteen

"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men." - BLAISE PASCAL, Penses

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Cook. Rich

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." - Einstein, Albert

"The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." - Ellison, Harlan

"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." - Emerson, Ralph Waldo

"What is the hardest task in the world? To think." - Emerson, Ralph Waldo

"We who came down from out of the forest seek to grow a forest of knowing among the stars." - Ferris, Timothy in 'The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context' 1992

"There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committies and accountants." - Lyall, Charles J. C.

"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." - Martineau, Harriet

"'Rabbit's clever,' said Pooh thoughtfully. 'Yes,' said Piglet, 'Rabbit's clever.' 'And he has Brain.' 'Yes,' said Piglet, 'Rabbit has Brain.' There was a long silence. 'I suppose,' said Pooh, 'that that's why he never understands anything.'" - Milne, A[lan] A[lexander] (1882-1956)

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." - Sagan, Carl (1934- )

"Indians are plenty smart. We catch small wood. Build small fire. Stand close and stay warm all over. White men not so smart. They catch big wood. Build big fire. Stand far away, burn face and freeze ass." - Seely, Henry

"Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it." - Siddhartha

"The man who does not read good books is at no advantage over the man that can`t read them." - Twain, Mark [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)

"Common sense is what tells us that the Earth is flat." - Unknown

"I just found out that the brain is like a computer. If that's true, then there really aren't any stupid people. Just people running DOS." - Unknown

"Police Officer: We believe foul play was involved. Tommy Patel: Surely you don't think I... Police Officer: I don't think anything, sir. I'm a police officer." - Unknown in 'Splitting Heirs'