Paul Morrissey Quotes

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

My mother relied on her memory to do things because she couldn't read. Part of that was not really knowing numbers.

I don't have a complex mind.

As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into my Microsoft Word U.K. Software.

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.

My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

[Warren] Harding is incapable of thought, because he has nothing to think with.

Intelligence is set by policy.

The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

People don't understand complex issues.

If you are a bit weak in your head, maybe you can train your mind, but it will never be your strong point.

I can't tie my shoes. So many people have tried to teach me, but it's one of those things where I physically can't learn. I don't know why.

The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.

Someone would have to keep his wits, and he had assumed automatically that since Fezzik had so few, he would find retaining them not all that difficult.

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.

Baseball is a sport where being stupid and keeping things really simple a lot of times is the right way to do things. There are very few guys that are capable of processing a lot of information and applying it and still being good at it. … I don't want to name names, but there were guys I played with that were so stupid that they're really good, because their mind never gets in the way.

Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness.

There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.

Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap.

If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary intelligence to succeed as an investor.

The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.

The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.