John Henrik Clarke Quotes

Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.

My mom and dad, although they may not have had a lot of formal education, they were two of the most brilliant people that I know.

Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart!

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

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

I'm no genius.

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.

I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart.

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

I'm not dumb, I just wasn't educated.

I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.

Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.

Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

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

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.

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

I've never thought intelligence was age-related.

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

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

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.