Mental Ability Quotes

I think the power of the mind is amazing, and we've barely scratched the surface of what it can do.

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.

I got good grades in school, but I'm not sure if I'm smart or if it just means I can study. I've never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don't want to. It's so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you're healthy and happy, that's what matters.

I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.

He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.

Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.

… one drop of Negro blood placed in the veins of the purest Caucasian destroys the inventive genius of his mind and strikes palsied his creative faculty.

Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual or potential intelligence. We had one dimension of mental ability along which we could array everyone... The whole concept has to be challenged; in fact, it has to be replaced.

There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, Latin or arithmetic, in a decent and useful degree.

I use my mind to solve problems and invent things.

… we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails.

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.

My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.

Religion is a superstition that originated in man's mental ability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an organized institution that has always been a stumbling block to progress.

It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.

Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.

Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.