Intelligence quotes

“I picked you for the job, not because I think you're so darn smart, but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit. Guess I was wrong. You're not smarter, Walter... you're just a little taller.”

Edward G. Robinson - Barton Keyes

“- James Bond: Mortner?
- Chuck Lee: Got a real winner here. His name is actually Hans Glaub, the German pioneer who developed steroids.
- James Bond: That ties him to the horse injection.
- Chuck Lee: During World War II he experimented with steroids on pregnant women in the concentration camps in an attempt to enhance intelligence.”
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond
David Yip - Chuck Lee

“- Emma Woodhouse: Was he handsome?
- Jane Fairfax: Many say he is.
- Emma Woodhouse: Was he agreeable?
- Jane Fairfax: He was in no way disagreeable.
- Emma Woodhouse: Was he a man of information?
- Jane Fairfax: All his statements seem correct.”

Gwyneth Paltrow - Emma Woodhouse
Polly Walker - Jane Fairfax

“Look, I know you're a smart lawyer - very smart - but don't get smart with me.”

James Cagney - Rocky Sullivan

“My name? If you knew that, you'd be as clever as me.”
Daniel Craig - XXXX

“- The Great Edgar: I've got a good mind to...
- Charlie: Why don't you use it?”
Edgar Bergen - The Great Edgar
Charlie McCarthy - Charlie

“My mother was rather an atrocious woman in her way, but her many failings did not include raising mentally deficient sons.”
David Warner - Stevenson

“- Brad Crane: Suppose these bees, are using plastic, to insulate their hives.
- General Slater: No bee is that smart.
- Brad Crane: Suppose these African bees are.”

Sir Michael Caine - Brad Crane
Richard Widmark - General Slater

“Seems to me only the intelligent people are choosing not to reproduce.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Peter McGowan

“- Holloway: You've got a gift.
- Leaven: It's not a gift. It's just a brain.”

Nicky Guadagni - Holloway
Nicole de Boer - Leaven

“- Ellie: We were right. They had the ability to vocalize.
- Dr. Grant: I'm convinced that's the key to their social intelligence.
- Ellie: Which explains why they could work together as a team.
- Dr. Grant: And coordinate their attacks to the prey wouldn't know what was going on.
- Ellie: They could talk to each other.
- Dr. Grant: To a degree...” (continue)(continue reading)

Laura Dern - Ellie
Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant

“The rest of you may hate your insomnia but I'm not sure I want a cure for mine. That's when I get all my best ideas... I'm alone, occasionally... with no distractions. My mind is racing with creative ideas and come 3am I feel like a genius.”
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Theo

“Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!”
Robert Mitchum - Philip Marlowe

“I know I'm not the best communicator, but... whatever happens to you, be honest, tell the truth, even if they do look at you funny. They will. But what you gotta understand, is that almost all of those people are full of shit. They're all part of this great big conspiracy of bullshit. And they're scared of people like you, because those...” (continue)(continue reading)

Holmes Osborne - Eddie Darko

“- Molly Johnson: Sign this.
- Bud Johnson: What is it?
- Molly Johnson: A questionnaire. I'm supposed to ask you about your politics.
- Bud Johnson: Well uh, go ahead...
- Molly Johnson: I already filled it in. I wanted you to sound smart.”
Madeline Carroll - Molly Johnson
Kevin Costner - Bud Johnson

“Do you know why women are able to train us? They are smarter than us. It ain't that big a deal. That's saying you're smarter than a creature who every time it takes its underwear off tries to catch them with its toes, flip them in the air, and catch them with its hand.”
Jeff Foxworthy - Jeff Foxworthy

“- Peter Parker: You once spoke to me about intelligence. You said it was a gift to be used for the greater good...
- Doc Ock: A privilege...
- Peter Parker: These things have turned you into something else. Don't listen to them.”
Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker
Alfred Molina - Doc Ock

“- Dale Doback: You and your mom are hilbillies. This is a house of learned doctors.
- Brennan Huff: You're not a doctor... you're a big, fat, curly-headed fuck!”
John C. Reilly - Dale Doback
Will Ferrell - Brennan Huff

“- Thug: How old are you anyway?
- Sue: Mentally, I'm way too old for you.”

Ahney Her - Sue

“- David Van Patten: A good personality consists of a chick with a little hard body, who will satisfy all sexual demands without being too slutty about things, and who essentially will keep her dumb fucking mouth shut.
- Craig McDermott: The only girls with good personalities who are smart or maybe funny or halfway intelligent or talented, though...” (continue)(continue reading)
Bill Sage - David Van Patten
Josh Lucas - Craig McDermott

“The smarter we get, the more dangerous we become.”
Mark Wahlberg - Captain Leo Davidson

“- Edmund Bertram: Oh, don't be an imbecile.
- Fanny Price: Oh, but imbecility in women is a great enhancement to their personal charms.
- Edmund Bertram: Fanny, you're being irrational.
- Fanny Price: Yet another adornment. I must be ravishing.”
Jonny Lee Miller - Edmund Bertram
Frances O'Connor - Fanny Price

“You're the coolest fucking guy at Shenaniganz. That's like being the smartest kid with down syndrome!”
John Francis Daley - Mitch

“- John Klein: I think we can assume that these entities are more advanced than us. Why don't they just come right out and tell us what's on their minds?
- Alexander Leek: You're more advanced than a cockroach, have you ever tried explaining yourself to one of them?”
Richard Tiffany Gere - John Klein
Alan Bates - Alexander Leek

“- Young Mark: So you're saying I should engage my advanced-for-a-twelve-year-old intellect and use logic?
- Imaginary William Shatner: Logic is the other guy's schtick, but yes.”
Ethan Glazer - Young Mark
William Shatner - Bill