The vast majority of those who are respected for being knowledgeable have not produced even a single significant opinion or question of their own.

The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief.

Admitting that their child is, or can be, more educated than them is the closest most parents are willing to get to admitting that their child is, or can be, smarter or wiser than them.

You don’t really need to be intelligent to be a 'top student.' All that you have to do is to forget the least in an exam.

A lot is said about the serious by the fact that the most intelligent person around is almost always the most playful.

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.

Hanging around people you’re smarter than is good for your ego. Hanging around people who are smarter than you is good for your intellect.

While having one’s assertions challenged might be bad for an unintelligent man’s ego; it sure is good for his intellect.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.