David Mamet Quotes

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion.

It is intelligence that brings order, not discipline.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

In all the universe there is nothing more precious than mind.

Docility is the observable half of reason.

I got good grades in school, but I'm not sure if I'm smart or if it just means I can study. I've never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don't want to. It's so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you're healthy and happy, that's what matters.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)

Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

Brainpower is by far our scarcest resource.

Intelligence is a critical thing.

I don't think I'm that intellectual.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that.