Allen Tate Quotes

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.

[Warren] Harding is incapable of thought, because he has nothing to think with.

The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

The narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think that we are stupider than we are.

Intellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man. Genius even, as it is the greatestgood, is the greatest harm.

A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.

I'm not angry or anything at Sonnen, but I will say one thing - I hope nobody gets offended; I don't wanna sound disgusting, and I am certainly not fan of any anthropologic theories - but you can see on that guy's face that he is limited and stupid, and his IQ is not higher than the size of the shoes he's wearing.

Intelligence is the sexiest thing in the world.

I want to explore the borders between being a genius and being an idiot.

I believe all of us only use one tenth of our brain. I know people who use one per cent only!

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.

You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on.

There is a vast region of enormous potential located somewhere between your ears.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.

Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries.

Microsoft has long hired based on IQ and "intellectual bandwidth."

When learning stops, decay sets in.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.