F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

I think intelligence basically can be in a way defined by the possibility of having two opposite ideas living together and at the same time functioning. That's why I think a smart script has two things living in the same place, and they're absolutely contradictory.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. That's what you have to do: you have to be confident in your potential and aware of your inexperience.

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

If your mind is open to opposing ideas, your intelligence will go up. If your mind is closed to opposing ideas, your ignorance is in control. Intelligence or ignorance? Your ability to keep an open mind and appreciate multiple points of view is conscious choice. And one that can open your world, and shape your childs future.

Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.

It takes intellectual stamina to stay open, as a leader and a mind, to absorb information and adversity.

I think the open mind is the one that's reachable.

I am a person always with an open mind.

Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.

One of the difficulties of politics is that politicians are shocked by those who are really prepared to let their thinking reach any conclusion. Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible- and perhaps it really is.

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.

I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.

F. Scott Fitzgerald has an indespensible quote: 'The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at once and still retain the ability to function'. Or, as I like to call it, 'O.J. killed his wife, and the police are corrupt.'

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

Fluid intelligence is not a Big Five personality trait: It's a measurement of one's ability to rapidly learn and apply a rule set. As an entrepreneur, you're rapidly dealing with different issues, and your ability to switch from one issue to another is very important.

Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.