Jon Lovett Quotes

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

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.

I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

You have to stay true to yourself and where you're coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.

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

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take the criticism with the accolades. Neither affects me.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

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

I was a philosophy major as an undergraduate, and I'm just an arrogant little thing. It's hard for me to admit that I can't understand something, let alone not be in charge of it.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

The hardest thing in the world, I now know, is to hold in your head that it is okay to think that you are right, but not to think so necessarily because everyone who disagrees with you is wrong or stupid or duped or bad.

We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

And again, hast thou valued Patience, Courage, Perseverance, Openness to light; readiness to own thyself mistaken, to do better next time

I've always been able to laugh at myself.