Chris Rock Quotes

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

You don't have to always be the smartest person in the room, but if you listen and absorb what you are hearing, you will be ahead of the game.

To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.

It's irrelevant to me if other people know who I am. I'm just, I'm really happy. It calms me down, too. If you're on top of an oilrig, fighting with politicians, or whatever - you need a bit of wisdom to realize that you're not always right, or that you're not always being reasonable, or you're not always listening.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better. Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time. Always listen to a man when he describes the faults of others. Often times, most times, he's describing his own, revealing himself.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.