Laurence J. Peter Quotes

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

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

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

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

I'm a natural puzzle solver.

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

You must acquire something of that industrious habit of mind which the study of natural science gives,—the art of comparing, of perceiving true likenesses and true differences, and so of classifying and arranging what you see; the art of connecting facts together in your mind in cause and effect

I'm not accomplished enough to over-analyze something, because I don't have the background as far as people who write and know how to break down a character or story and stuff. I mostly go by gut instincts.

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

I think I'm pretty smart. I think I'm pretty clever. But there's a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

There's an intelligence that goes with being a good cop. Intuitiveness - they have to be actors; they have to have deductive reasoning, knowledge about a great deal of subjects.

Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.

I'm pretty smart.

I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box.

I believe in smart people.

Ever since I was a little kid, that intrigued me. The game within the game was the biggest thing. A lot of people don't see the little things we do within a game.

You have to be savvy. You have to be tactically aware, because that's what makes the difference in the big matches.

Against Knowledge I have, as the light cynic observed of a certain lady's past, only one serious objection - that there is so much of it.

I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things.

I got a great imagination, and I pay close attention to my surroundings and I'm very observant.

Working with intelligent people is easy, but we should be careful with geniuses.

I have faith in an audience being able to interpret complex material.

Anyone who knows me knows how sharp my mind is. I speak at a thousand miles an hour. I'll hold a discussion or a debate with anyone.

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