Menander Quotes

Smarter is always the answer.

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

I always know how to play this game. It's about being smart.

What are wits for unless a man uses them?

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

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've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart.

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'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.

I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.

I'd have liked to have been a bit more intellectual. I'd have liked to have had more brains.

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

Intelligence is capital.