Quotes About Perception

Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.

I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.

Looks fade. Brains don't.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.

The grim possibility is that she who 'hides her brains' will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with 'hidden brains' or none at all.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.

I think intelligence is totally subjective; it's like sexiness.

The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

So anybody with any bit of intelligence has got to be pissed off because if they see how things are in the world they're not going to be happy with it.

True intelligence does not derive from thought. True intelligence uses thought.

Men can not stand the explosive mixture of beauty and intelligence.

Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

Dyslexia is not due to a lack of intelligence, it's a lack of access. It's like, if you're dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process.

I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.

The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.

The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera.