William Wyler Quotes

I'm actually a great fan of lucidity.

Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"

A full mind is an empty bat.

Forget the complaints against complexity; instead, complain about confusion.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.

Nothing is confused except the mind.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

I want to have all of my faculties.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Clarity affords focus.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.

Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.

He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind.

Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.

If I could have any superpower, I would want hyper-intelligence.

Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your best weapon. It's great when you're a good shot with an AK-47, but it's about being clever.

I'm mentally agile.

I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - 'out or win', I feel sharp again.

I just like it when I can understand things, and the simpler it is, the easier it is to understand.

I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.

The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.