Cognitive Dexterity Quotes

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play.

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will have the use of both kinds.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

I think that there has been a slow recognition that there's a mind at work here, and there's a skill and some bit of artistry, and that I could probably do other things. Otherwise, I don't know that I would've been given the opportunity to do Paris, Je T'Aime.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.

...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered.

The cleverer I am at miniaturizing the world, the better I possess it.

If you type adeptly with 10 fingers, you're typing faster than your mind is working.