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"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence."
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"There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea."

"It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value."

"The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?'"

"Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom."

"Intelligence is a way of thinking, not a choice of words."

"Though the stupid have great capacity to direct the world because they are plentiful, the clever has a much greater capacity to prevent the stupid from halting the progression of humanity because - though they are rare - they are tactical and intelligent!"

"Developing your emotional intelligence will allow you to explore new depths of understanding in yourself and others."

"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."

"He who has never imitated anyone is known as one with intelligence."

"No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged."
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"People see a Macbeth film. They imagine they have seen Macbeth, and don't want to see it again; so when your Mr. Hackett or somebody comes round to act the play, he finds the house empty. That is what has happened to dozens of good plays whose authors have allowed them to be filmed. It shall not happen to mine if I can help it."

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."

"My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
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