Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

All my life I've been looking for someone intelligent to talk to.

The only proper intoxication is conversation.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world.

People love solving puzzles, and you always love it when somebody smarter than you is solving puzzles.

Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms

I like being around people who are good conversationalists. When there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world. I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, where everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the world.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

I love hearing people who are smarter than me talk about my comics. It makes me feel smarter.

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

I really love D.C.; it's one of my favorite places to perform. I always say when I come here, I feel like my IQ increases by 20 points.

I enjoy people who talk intelligently.

The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.

The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.

In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life; and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice. The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.

People are really nice in the world. The majority of every single person I meet is really nice. Some people get excited, and some people freak out when they accidentally run into me, but across the board most people are really nice, so I just like to treat people how they treat me.

The intelligent man is never bored.

For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it with. In part what the book club opens up is that people can read a book and then have someone else to talk about it with. Then they see that a book can lead to the pleasure of conversation, that the solitary act of reading can actually be a part of the path to communion and community.

It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are.

A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.

I think of the thrill of an intelligent woman talking just to me.