John Steinbeck Quotes

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.

Brains are no good if you don't use them.

Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.

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

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

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

A real man's weapon is his mind.

In the scale of the destinies, brawn will never weigh so mach as brain.

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Use your brain, not your endurance.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

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

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.

As naturally athletic as I'm gifted to be, where certain things came easily, I always rely on my brain first.

Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.

I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.

I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you will master it. Cleverness is the shadow, whereas intelligence is the substance. -Doc

Brains first and then Hard Work.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

The victors of the battles of tomorrow will be those who can best harness thought to action. From office boy to statesman, the prizes will be for those who most effectively exert their brains, who take deep, earnest and studious counsel of their minds, who stamp themselves as thinkers.

He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically.