Intelligent Humour Quotes Novels & Stories

“We’re taking it a day at a time.” “That’s the best way to do things,” Brown proclaimed. “Epicurus said, ‘Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.’” Sarah grinned. Brown had an incredible brain for memorization, and always had a few words of wisdom from a philosopher at the ready. “I’ve missed your quotes.”

He catches me watching him, and knows why I'm wearing a shocked expression. "I-it's just...stupid," He then says. "Change of words from your sudden crafty ones a while ago." "Yeah, well. I'm usually a smart cookie when I'm high as fuck." I tuck in my lips to hide the smile tugging at the corners of my mouth, though Sebastian already catches it and my attempt to hide it; I don't want him seeing me respond to his negative comments, but that one in particular, I found funny, to be completely honest. Even though he's a dumbass who doesn't take anything seriously, he has a sense of humor going for him.

he lifted the corners of his mouth and said jokingly, with a look of affection on his face. "My IQ scores more than 160, why am I stupid?" She folded her arms across her chest and puffed out her cheeks while glaring at him. She was just a little muddled, but the geniuses with high IQ were all muddled in some ways. "You scored more than 160 in IQ test? I didn't see that!" Daniel said in a playful tone, with an expression that he couldn't believe. Teasing the little idiot had already become one of his favorite things to do.

I just can’t seem to get myself to focus on anything other than him. ‘You are a very smart and observant human. Aren’t you?’ He asks with humor in his voice. I do not even know why he finds this even funny. ‘Yes, I do not mean to blow my own trumpet but I agree, I am pretty smart and I observe things too.’ I tell him, a bit proud of myself. ‘I must admit you humans are not all that dumb. You are smart in your own humanly ways.’ He tells me as he moves closer to me, staring more intensely in my eyes.

, we both laughed at the statement. "Are you being serious?" " Literally. You can try it". He turned to a couple sitting beside us and said, " hey, this dude here went to Harvard", he said to the middle aged couple. " Really?" the woman asked, her eyes lightening up. " Say something smart", the man bluntly said, as if seeking proof that I actually went to Harvard. " Belief is the death of intelligence, and you definitely do not have to use all the brains you have but all the brains you can borrow", I said with my head held high.

“With your emotional intelligence, you’ll never get ahead. Now, go burn the trash, and don't let me smell it.” The man was dumbfounded at the impossible task. This seemed more like harassment than a genuine task.

They talked for another hour about other things, easier things, the conversation finding its way back to lighter ground with the naturalness of water finding its level, and Jayda found herself laughing genuinely twice, which she noted with the quiet surprise of someone who had not expected to laugh tonight and was glad to have been wrong about that. He was funny in the dry understated way of someone who didn't perform humor but simply had it, who said things that were true in angles that made them suddenly absurd, and she found that harder to hold at arm's length than she had anticipated because genuine humor required genuine intelligence and she had always responded to intelligence in spite

" Heavy sarcasm there dude." "It was a joke." He guffawed. " And I'm sorry, my Queen. You are smart. Really smart." "Thank you." "Smarter than the smartest, smarter than those who think they're smart…" "Ethan, that's enough…" "Smarter than the best, smarter than those who think they're really smart but in reality they're just averagely smart…" "That's enough!" I yelled and he wheezed, clutching his stomach. " You seem to be in a good mood today."

If retail therapy wasn’t on the table, I’d take verbal annihilation any day. You see, I’ve mastered the art of throwing bullies off their game. Random jokes, historical references, lines from Shakespeare or sitcoms – whatever makes them pause long enough to question if they’re being insulted. And when the fog of confusion lifts, reality hits. They start to question themselves whether they are stupid. And as we all know they are, it's a lovely moment for self-reflection. I slowly pointed to Tom. “Ah. So you must be Dumb...” Then I pointed to his acne-splotched sidekick. “...and Dumber then.”

About fifteen minutes into the drive, I asked, “Why so slow?” “Oh, I’m sorry. Do you feel the need, the need for… going faster?” I laughed so loudly I almost snorted and had to put both of my hands over my nose since even a baby like me recognizes the famous movie quote he almost said. “You’re a funny guy in an unassuming way.” He turned a slight shade of pink. “Yeah, well, in our line of work you have to find some way to be a little bit of a comedian, or you’ll end up in the loony bin.”