Intelligence Perception Quotes

No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

Watching 'CSI: Miami' is like watching 'Teen Jeopardy!' or doing the crossword puzzle in 'People' magazine. It makes you feel smart even when you're not.

Sometimes it seems as though each new step towards AI, rather than producing something which everyone agrees is real intelligence, merely reveals what real intelligence is not.

There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the measurement of IQ.

The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.

I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

Obviously we don't have 300 million people. We haven't got a big army. We don't have Hollywood. We're a medium small-sized country. We have to do what medium small-sized countries do, which-even though we're not smarter than other people-is to make ourselves seem to be smarter. We have to work harder and know more than other people.

Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.

I thought my dad was a scientist when I was young. Seriously. Because people would come up to me, and they would be like, 'Your dad is the smartest person that I've ever met.' And I was so young, so I'd be like, 'Well he just put me on a time out, so I don't agree.'

I once spoke to a human geneticist who declared that the notion of intelligence was quite meaningless, so I tried calling him unintelligent. He was annoyed, and it did not appease him when I went on to ask how he came to attach such a clear meaning to the notion of lack of intelligence. We never spoke again.

The narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think that we are stupider than we are.

After a few drinks, my mom would recite her lines as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice' from her high school play. But I first discovered Shakespeare properly when I was about five. I used to look for the most complicated books I could find and pretend to be reading them. I wanted people to think I was smart.

I guess politicians can be excused for thinking the electorate is stupid because they keep winning reelection. If you were Barbara Boxer or Harry Reid and you kept being reelected, you'd have to think, 'Half of my state is stupid.' But then you wouldn't be smart enough to think that if you had their brains.

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.

For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.

People do think you're more intelligent if you have dark hair. But my husband definitely prefers me as a blonde.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some.

The way you speak should not determine your intelligence. I should be able to say 'lit,' and you still know I'm intelligent. I should be able to say 'turn up,' and that doesn't take away from my intelligence. I wanted to break down that stereotype a little bit.

Because we are communal creatures, if you're with people who think you're smart, you're smart, and if they think you're dumb, you're dumb.

I was raised to think cursing makes you look unintelligent.

I love John Madden because he makes me feel smart.