Duncan Jones Quotes

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.

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

If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the show.

A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you.

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

I'm a puzzle doer.

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being.

If I have 1% of my dad's brain, I'll be happy. He's so quick.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

When I think of Sherlock Holmes, I think of a guy who can wander into the confusion of life and sort of pluck out answers at will.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

To solve the Cube, you need special skills and understanding. For example, pattern recognition is very important to solve the Cube.

My IQ for the game is very high. I think that will help me out a lot.