Ben Carson Quotes

Mostly, I think of myself as having great common sense. I've always been proud of that. Was I a terrific student? Absolutely not. But put me in a roomful of people, and I don't think I'm ever going to embarrass myself.

I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

I know I'm not smarter than a 10-year-old.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

I am not that smart.

Smarter is always the answer.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

To live effectively is to live with adequate information.

We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

Wisdom ofttimes consists of knowing what to do next.