I like talking to engineers best. They built bridges, they're very precise, very disciplined, yet I find they have roving minds.
Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.
Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.
Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.
We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.
High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.
