49 Quotes About Smartness

Hold a flashlight on the street and it brightens your way, but hold it smack right into your eyes and you see nothing - the same is with intellect - too much intellect takes away your humanity.

Pure intellect without emotion is like a knife without a handle.

Debates are just intelligent entertainment.

Envy is the first emotion fools experience whenever they see a genius.

If you work hard now and postpone instant gratification and play very little; then time will come when everybody will be working very hard and wondering how comes you enjoy life, work a little and play very hard.

It takes a cautious swan to conquer a pond.

Ian was the kind of smart that makes your straight A student look like she’d drown in a wet paper bag. Ian was the kind of smart that scares people.

Being smart means you learned it well; being stupid means you haven't learned it yet; but true genius means you know it when no one taught it to you.

Criticize me if you can, but that won't stop me from saying what i like, my mouth is mine, and not yours.