John Lyly Quotes

I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

I want to prove you don't need to have academic syntax to be intelligent.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

I'm not like a high intellectual.

I never said I was a genius.

Intelligence is not easy to come by.

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

No one, however smart, however well educated … is the suppository of all wisdom.

Intelligence is not a moral category.

The average citizen in this county has more intelligence and sense in his little finger than the editor of 'The New York Times' has in his whole head.

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.

Intelligence is the sexiest thing in the world.

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

Docility is the observable half of reason.

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.

The world is full of smart, poor people.

Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.

There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love; the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money.

Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.