Natascha McElhone Quotes

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

My IQ for the game is very high. I think that will help me out a lot.

Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists anyway even in the absence of good memory. It's the ability to draw consequences from causes, to make correct inferences, to foresee what might be the result, to work out logical problems, to be reasonable, rational, to have the ability to understand the solution from perhaps insufficient information. You know when a person is intelligent, but you can be easily fooled if you are not yourself intelligent.

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems

Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.

I never thought that I was very intelligent.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

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 not easy to come by.

The trouble with you John, is that your spine does not reach your brain.

I knew that the most important thing a man has is in his head, and from a young age, I often studied the head structure of each person, hoping to crack his codes. I considered a high forehead a gift from God.

I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.

I think I have the special ability to process information quickly and dissect defenses.

Intelligence is a critical thing.

Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

I wonder why I keep playing such intelligent people?

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.