intellectual confidence Quotes

This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything.

Anyone who knows me knows how sharp my mind is. I speak at a thousand miles an hour. I'll hold a discussion or a debate with anyone.

I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.

I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge

If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.

I find no intellect comparable to my own

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.

Men are intimidated by smart women. They make us want to kick up our game more.

I'm a very cerebral person and I like to do my homework and break it down. I like to feel like I did my due diligence. It's a confidence factor for me, as an actor.

I am always going to be in the hood in my heart, but what I did was added on the masters of arts, fine arts and the doctorate... if you want me to pull that out, I can get very distinguished... but I'm not going there... I don't have to put on airs; the knowledge comes out - just listen.

The resources of the scholar are proportioned to his confidence in the attributes of the intellect.