David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

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

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.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

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

Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.

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

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

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.

The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future

If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think about the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor 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.

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.

An intelligence is the biological and psychological potential to analyze information in specific ways, in order to solve problems or to create products that are valued in a culture.

It is true that one has to think first and then to act - but it's also true that if one has no possibility of acting, one's thinking kind of becomes empty and stupid.

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

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. In the stock market you don't base your decisions on what the market is doing, but on what you think is rational. Bridge is about weighing gain/loss ratios. You're doing calculations all the time.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking.

Think. That's what we need you to do. Think.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems

The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly.

Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours, but you wouldn't have much trouble outwitting them in contract negotiations.