God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us on this side of the grave.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has of course powerful muscles but no personality.

There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted intelligent person making the right choices.

Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film it was intelligent it was funny it took a laugh at itself.

Animals are sentient intelligent perceptive funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent but kindness is the most important quality in a man.

I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I'm certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.

I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny.