“Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Intelligence
F. Scott Fitzgerald on Intelligence
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Thought
“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.” Continue reading
E. F. Schumacher on Innovation
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” Continue reading
Oscar Levant on Humility
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.” Continue reading
Elbert Hubbard on Experience
“Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.” Continue reading
Carl Sagan on Intelligence
“The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” Continue reading
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Talent
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Continue reading
Euripides on Foolishness
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” Continue reading
Laurence J. Peter on Clutter
“If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?” Continue reading
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