Andrew Jackson Quotes

It turns out that in order to think well, knowledge helps.

Many things which nature makes difficult become easy to the man who uses his brains.

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.

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

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.

Good wits will jump.

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

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

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

You should have a fund of knowledge of something and out of that you make up you mind.

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

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. A liberal arts education is designed to equip students for just such flexibility and imagination.

I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.

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

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.