Alan Guth Quotes

I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.

I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

The truth is when I went to graduate school I would've said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard.

As a small kid, I had this huge desire to be thought of as really clever.

All children know when something is wrong and they can't understand something - they never need someone to tell them they're stupid. They need help in solving the problem.

You can consider me stubborn, but I think I'm really intelligent.

I'm pretty smart.

I think any system I can do well in.

Science and math are hard for everybody, and it's usually not a matter or being born gifted at it or not. It's hard work, but it can be a lot of fun!

I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy. Made straight A's in high school (except for driver's ed and typing).

As far as my personal confidence, do I believe I'm one of the best in the league? Yeah, of course.

I felt like I could play with anybody, but some people felt differently.

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as likely to read for pleasure, have strengthened problem-solving and critical thinking skills, are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.

You're able to see situations over and over again and just become comfortable in different decision-making situations. I think that comes with experience.

Later in life, when my kids struggle to understand a tricky concept or master a new skill, I want them to have the strength and experience to tell themselves, 'I don't know how to do this... yet!' I want them to be confident that, even if something seems challenging today, they have what it takes to figure it out.

Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.

I am actually a perfectly capable modern man who can cook, clean, wash, and find my way to places, but nobody believes it.

Education has helped me a lot.

I know I'm smarter than an armadillo

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered.

You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is important, but an education is also about exploring new things -- discovering what makes you come alive, and then being your best at whatever you choose