Intelligence quotes

“Look, Miss Snit, a girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent! I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books, I chose looks. I have a nice house, a wonderful husband and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABCs.”
Rhea Perlman - Mrs. Wormwood

“I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating.”
Jim Parsons

“You know what the problem is with being the smartest person in the world? Everyone else seems stupid!”
Jim Carrey - Dr. Ivo Robotnik

“- Elio: I think he was better than me. I think he was better than me.
- Mr. Perlman: I'm sure he'd say the same thing about you. Which flatters you both.”

Timothée Chalamet - Elio
Michael Stuhlbarg - Mr. Perlman

“- Sherlock Holmes: I have been alone. All my life. But with the compensations of the intellect.
- Ann Kelmot: And is that enough?
- Sherlock Holmes: It can be. If one is so fortunate as to find a place in the world.”
Sir Ian McKellen - Sherlock Holmes
Hattie Morahan - Ann Kelmot

“In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.”
David Spade

“Always be smarter than the people who hire you.”
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne

“In some ways you're far superior to my Cocker Spaniel.”
Danny Kaye - Phil Davis

“A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.”
Mako - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

- Anne Uumellmahaye: Michael, you do so much for me, and I do nothing for you.
- Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Are you out of your head? Sorry, I forgot. As far as I'm concerned, you're the most complete woman I've ever known. All my life, I wanted women with great bodies, women who were "Tens". Now, for the first time, I'm aroused by a mind.
Sissy Spacek - Anne Uumellmahaye
Steve Martin - Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr

“To serve people takes dignity and intelligence. But remember, they are only people with money. And although we serve them, we are not their servants. What we do, Miss Ventura, does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling.”
Bob Hoskins - Lionel Bloch

“- Lampy: Legs would help, you know.
- Kirby: Brains wouldn't hurt either.”
Timothy Stack - Lampy
Thurl Ravenscroft - Kirby

“I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.”
Danny DeVito - Mr. Wormwood

“I don't believe any particular ethnic group is smarter than any other group.”
David Steinberg

“He's brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you... ever.”

John Morris - Andy

“I’ll tell you how I feel about school, Jerry: it’s a waste of time. Bunch of people runnin’ around bumpin’ into each other, got a guy up front says, ‘2 + 2,’ and the people in the back say, ‘4.’ Then the bell rings and they give you a carton of milk and a piece of paper that says you can go take a dump or somethin’. I mean, it’s not a place for...” (continue)(continue reading)
Justin Roiland - Rick Sanchez

“Sucks, don't it? The moment you realize you don't know shit.”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Negan

“Oh screw beautiful! I'm brilliant! If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.”
Sandra Oh - Dr. Cristina Yang

“There’s only one thing can blind a man as smart as you, Tommy. Love.”
Helen McCrory - Aunt Polly

“I’m not a nerd. I’m smart. There’s a difference.”
Bria Danielle Singleton - Young Emily

“Cersei Lannister-You’re a clever man, but you’re not half as clever as you think you are.
Tyrion Lannister-Still makes me more clever than you.”
Peter Dinklage - Tyrion Lannister
Lena Headey - Cersei Lannister

“I am not stupid. I read poetry.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Paxton

“Being attracted to really smart women is a double-edged sword.”
Penn Badgley - Joe Goldberg

“I’m exceedingly smart. I graduated college at fourteen. While my brother was getting an STD, I was getting a Ph.D.”
Jim Parsons - Sheldon Cooper

“The successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be.”
Joseph Wiseman - Dr. No