Samuel J. Palmisano Quotes

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

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

I believe in smart people.

My dad is one of the smartest guys I know.

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

I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

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

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

Intelligence is capital.

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

The most valuable real estate in the world lies between the president's ears.

The one thing I cannot support in a woman is stupidity.

There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.