The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.
Alexander Pope
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
Ezra Pound
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
Marcel Proust
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Ronald Reagan
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
Tom Robbins
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl Sagan
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
Friedrich Schiller