How smart are we

[centurian]

Thought yall might enjoy these words of wisdom

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which
is why I would not live forever,"
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest
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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign
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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"
--A congressional candidate in Texas
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.."
--Al Gore, Vice President
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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
--Lee Iacocca
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"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein"
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst
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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor
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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 2020 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply
if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
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"Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery
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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up
dead, there'll be a record."
-- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

[SCFoxman]

let's not forget this sweet little gem.

[Gander]

Nothing beats this.

[w33kender]

https://twitter.com/TBifford/status/1648364863708708867

[Black Bart]

The Marion Barry quote may not've been untrue. Just sayin'.

[Black Bart]

Nothing beats this.

I could've never shown the grace and restraint the military guy did.

[centurian]

let's not forget this sweet little gem.

Yes but when you look like that you don't need to be real smart.