Alexis Carrel Quotes

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion.

Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.

A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.

I got good grades in school, but I'm not sure if I'm smart or if it just means I can study. I've never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don't want to. It's so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you're healthy and happy, that's what matters.

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

Brainpower is by far our scarcest resource.

You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that.

There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the measurement of IQ.

help conquer the IQ shortage worry less and think more

Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

The greater the intellect, the more ease in its misdirection.

I never thought that I was very intelligent.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

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

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

To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

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

These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just because of their numerical skills, or maybe they may not be very good at memory, and are not particularly good at these kinds of tests.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.