Intelligence quotes

“- Max: You know, the one thing I can't figure out is whether these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky?
- Hal: Don't matter. Brains'll only get you so far and luck always runs out.”
Stephen Tobolowsky - Max
Harvey Keitel - Hal

“- Harris K. Telemacher: Ordinarily, I don't like to be around interesting people because it means I have to be interesting too.
- Sara McDowel: Are you saying I'm interesting?
- Harris K. Telemacher: All I'm saying is that, when I'm around you, I find myself showing off, which is the idiot's version of being interesting.”
Steve Martin - Harris K. Telemacher
Victoria Tennant - Sara McDowel

“Humans. What wonderful creatures. So clever. So helpful.”
Tim Curry - Hexxus

“- J: I've a strong suspicion we should have been rocket scientists, or Nobel Peace Prize winners or something.
- Charles: Peace Prize? Oh. Be lucky to find your penis for a piss, the amount you keep smoking.”

Nicholas Rowe - J
Nick Marcq - Charles

“- Zander Barcalow: My God. How could this happen?
- Lt. Carmen Ibanez: We thought we were smarter than the Bugs.”

Patrick Muldoon - Zander Barcalow
Denise Richards - Lt. Carmen Ibanez

“Don't call me dumb Barry, I may not be the smartest person in the world, but I'm not stupid.”
Lisa Marie Newmyer - Heather

“My first grade teacher, Miss Nimvel, told Dede that I never paid attention. That I was probably retarded, and that I had a very limited future as a citizen of the United States. Then a week later, she said I should probably skip second grade, maybe even skip elementary school altogether.”
Adam Hann-Byrd - Fred Tate

“- McKittrick: There's no way that a high school punk can put a dime into a telephone and break into our system! He's got to be working with somebody else. He's got to be!
- Wigan: He does fit the profile perfectly. He's intelligent, an underachiever, alienated from his parents, has few friends. A classic case for recruitment by the Soviets.”

Dabney Coleman - McKittrick
James Tolkan - Wigan

“- Stan: This is a man's game. It requires a man's cunning, a man's intelligence...
- Katie: With a woman's touch.”

Matthew Faison - Stan
Ann Ryerson - Katie

“- Cyril: You know what I'd like to be?
- Mike: Smart.”
Daniel Stern - Cyril
Dennis Quaid - Mike

“If you can't think on your feet, you oughta keep your mouth closed.”

Jack Lemmon - Shelley Levene

“- Ellie: The fences are electrified though, right?
- Muldoon: That's right, but they never attack the same place twice. They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember.”

Laura Dern - Ellie
Bob Peck - Muldoon

“- Piggy: What we need around here is positive people, not people trying to scare people!
- Jack Merridew: What we don't need around here is you shitbrain!”
Danuel Pipoly - Piggy
Chris Furrh - Jack Merridew

“- Tony Manero: Did you hear the way she talked? All intelligent like.
- Jackie: Tony, an accent doesn't make you intelligent. If it did, you'd be Einstein.”
John Travolta - Tony Manero
Cynthia Rhodes - Jackie