252 quotes found
“Sense never fails to give them that have it, Words enough tomake them understood. It too often happens in some conversations,as in Apothecary Shops, that those Pots that are Empty, or haveThings of...”
“Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.”
“What are wits for unless a man uses them?”
“People wonder why I always dress professionally. I want to be admired for my intelligence, instead of my body.”
“The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative sense.”
“A person that has more intelligence than education always makes his own grade!”
“An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.”
“At Childerstown High School and at college he had never led his class nor taken prizes; but, without being aware that he did, he really blamed this on his failure to work hard, or any harder than h...”
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”
“Do you want me to pretend that you are the AI?”
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously...”
“The declining of responsibility for the self can also be hidden behind a pseudo-objectivity. A patient may make astute observations about himself and give a fairly accurate report of what he dislik...”
“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.”
“When people's faith in the collective intelligence increases, falls to the same extent their own individual sense of responsibility.”
“The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.”
“To be a good at something you have to be intelligent like an elephant, sly like a fox and patient like a camel.”
“Most of the people could be good at something specific, but they probably never discover what it is.”
“You have to be brave when you are stupid.”
“Intelligence...[is] not marathon rac[e]: there is no fixed criteria for success, no start or finish lines -- and running sideways or backwards, might secure victory.”
“A sens of humor can avoid many misunderstandings.”
