Barry Keoghan Quotes

I never thought that I was very intelligent.

I don't know about a lot of things. I read a lot, but a lot of it just passes through me. I don't retain much. I am kind of dumb that way. Or maybe 'I am a simple man,' is a better way to say it.

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

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

The fact is that most people who have no skill have no education for the same reason—low intelligence or ambition.

I'm not an intellectual in any sense, I have constraints of erudition. I'm not able to deal with things outside my ken, and that makes me irritable. I'm irritable about the fact that I never went to university.

I was a smart kid.

Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius.

I was okay with school. My sister Kourtney was extremely smart. I always read a little slower.

I'm not terribly intelligent - I have no university degree, you know.

I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.

I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

How you do in school determines how you do in life.

At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.

I used to be smart.

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

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.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

I'm not very wise to many things.