Brandon Sanderson Quotes

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

Think. That's what we need you to do. Think.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.

Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.

You should employ your little grey cells.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

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

A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

Thinking. A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

Strain your brain more than your eye.

I never thought that I was very intelligent.

Context is worth 80 IQ points.

Fluid intelligence is not a Big Five personality trait: It's a measurement of one's ability to rapidly learn and apply a rule set. As an entrepreneur, you're rapidly dealing with different issues, and your ability to switch from one issue to another is very important.

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

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.

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