John Fowles Quotes

People are not stupid.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

No one, however smart, however well educated … is the suppository of all wisdom.

I'm a little smarter than most.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

You know, I'm really not that bright.

Intelligence is not a science.

I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

The one thing I cannot support in a woman is stupidity.

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

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

If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.

I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

I'm not too unintelligent.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.