Isabelle Huppert Quotes

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

A research problem is not solved by apparatus; it is solved in a man's head.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

I don't have a complex mind.

All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

I do not consider myself a literal genius.

[Warren] Harding is incapable of thought, because he has nothing to think with.

After all, Franklin [Delano Roosevelt] isn't very bright.

Men learn from one another. But all learning is only the exchange of material. No man can give another the capacity to think. Yet that capacity is our only means of survival.

I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.

How does anybody ever think of anything?

Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.

Intelligence is a critical thing.

Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.

It is commonly seene by experience, that excellent memories do rather accompany weake judgements.

The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who cannot.

There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.