Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

...the nose is generally the organ in which stupidity is most readily displayed.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

My name is George Smoot III, and I am smarter than a fifth-grader.

There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

I hate to be smart.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

A second-class intellect—but a first-class temperament!

I knew that the most important thing a man has is in his head, and from a young age, I often studied the head structure of each person, hoping to crack his codes. I considered a high forehead a gift from God.

I used to be smart.

I'm not dumb, I just wasn't educated.

The most valuable real estate in the world lies between the president's ears.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, whereas consciousness is the ability to feel things such as pain, joy, love, and anger. Throughout history, intelligence always went hand in hand with consciousness.

I wasn't stupid, or very smart. I didn't finish my education.

An intelligence is the biological and psychological potential to analyze information in specific ways, in order to solve problems or to create products that are valued in a culture.

Elmer has the mentality of approximately one peanut.

Wit does not take the place of knowledge.