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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence.
I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.
That affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence.
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
You'll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A person who speaks cleverly is witty; one who asks questions is smart.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
Some other eyes will look around, and find the things I've never found.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway.
I will keep where there is wit stirring, and leave the faction of fools.
The scholar is early acquainted with every department of the impossible.
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
Business and action strengthen the brain, but too much study weakens it.
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.