Quotes About Intelligence

The cliches that circulate in the German media about Joachim Sauer are a total fallacy. The fact is that he's his own man. He's witty, he's profound, he can be incredibly funny, and he's an extremely bright guy.

I like witty people, people who can be witty on the spot.

Stephen Sondheim is calculus for actors. The words are witty and brilliant and profound but complicated.

I like Kendrick as an artist. He's witty and he's smart when he's spitting in his lyrics. And he's crafty.

Be completely honest - have you ever met someone who you thought was truly clever or interesting or witty who wore fawn?

What's that one that people seem to like so much? 'Fleabag.' I watched that and it was that sort of Oxbridge 'Oh, I'm so clever and witty, aren't I?' I don't like that stuff. But then I don't like 'Mrs Brown's Boys' either. I like things that are clever but hide it.

Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by a wolf that wasn't provoked by the human.

I feel the wolf is a very competitive animal, very intelligent. He works hard to achieve his goals and protects his family.

Spy novels are traditionally about lone wolves, but how many people actually live like that?

My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not overcome so many other barriers. Which means you know I'm relentless, you know I'm persistent, and you know I'm smart.

Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

There is nothing better than an attractive woman who doesn't act attractive.

I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.

My ideal woman would be someone with both beauty and intelligence. Someone who can hold her own in a conversation, gets along with my family and respects elders, loves children, and have a sense of humour as whacky as mine.

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.

There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman.

I do not believe that Obama is smarter than anybody else. I do not believe he has cut a new path and is a politician unlike any we've ever seen regarding his intellect. I don't believe any of this hocus-pocus. I didn't believe it when they said it about Hillary, Smartest Woman in the World.

Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I'm glad, of course, that I don't look like an unmade bed, but too often, I'm just taken at face value. And there aren't many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.

I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do.

In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is simply the Y chromosome, which has nothing to do with intelligence.

Women, on average, are less knowledgeable than men. They're less intellectual than men.