252 quotes found
“People, and boys the worst, are so much more intelligent than what comes out of their mouths.”
“When, despite considerable intelligence, a thinker cannot think straight, it becomes very likely that he cannot face his thoughts.”
“Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.”
“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.”
“There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they're working hard on that in Washington.”
“Your brain doesn't know what it cannot do until you tell it.”
“For all who are amazed or annoyed by the diverse quotes, it is just a reflection how a human mind asynchronously changes the thought patterns, un-edited, raw and authentic!”
“Asking questions is what brains were born to do, at least when we were young children. For young children, quite literally, seeking explanations is as deeply rooted a drive as seeking food or water.”
“I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.”
“That the Negroes were enslaved more than other races, and on a large scale, is evidently a result of their being, in contrast to other races, inferior in intelligence - which, however, does not jus...”
“Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.”
“Smart means having intellectual humility rather than high cognitive ability.”
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
“How do you know nonsense isn't a good thing? if human nonsense had been nurtured and developed for centuries, just as intelligence has, then perhaps something extraordinarily previous could have co...”
“Wonder feeds our best intelligence and is perhaps its source.”
“Lots of folks know stuff we don't, but that doesn't make 'em smart.”
“Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding. Why? What in God's name did they want of me?”
“I am just as far away from Alice with an I.Q. of 185 as I was when I had an I.Q. of 70. And this time we both know it.”
“We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.”
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”
