Freeman A. Hrabowski III Quotes

I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.

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

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

One of my secret nerdy things is that I love education.

Sometimes you have Harvard undergraduates who stun you with the depth of their knowledge. That is why it is great to be at a university like this.

I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got bored.

I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.

I get a fizzy thing in my brain, like a nice glass of wine, and I want to know facts and I want to understand.

I grew up in this house of intellectuals, and for me, it wasn't, like, a negative thing. And what I've discovered is, for a lot of people, it is. But I think knowing history, liking to talk about ideas - like, I just genuinely like to geek out and go on these intellectual thought journeys.

I used to be smart.

I'm a sapiosexual, you know.

I always knew how privileged I was to think for a living.

Any group that can be livened up by Mensa must be pretty much dead!

I think I was just constantly seeking mental stimulation from anything I could get.

I grew up on Harvard Square and I watched 50-year old men walking around with green book bags slung over their shoulders going for their fourth PhD, never having left the world of academia to alleged reality.

Working with intelligent people is easy, but we should be careful with geniuses.

I was very lucky to be born into a very academic family. I was well-read, well-trained in mathematics. I had lots of advantages to start with.

I think a well-rounded education keeps us from being bored and boring!

Since I come from an educated background, I love to study.

I like my mind being stimulated. I like discovering new concepts.

I don't have a type. I am more of a sapiosexual person. The girl has to be intelligent.

I was a smart kid.

The nice thing about really intelligent people is that when you talk with them they make you feel intelligent too.