Intellectual Sharpness Quotes

I think the average Jew is probably sharper intellectually than the average gentile, because for years and years he's had to live by his wits. Consequently, there has evolved a race of Jews who are more agile mentally than the rest of us.

After all, Franklin [Delano Roosevelt] isn't very bright.

Intelligence essentially means that your intellect is sharp enough to see life the way it is.

Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really insiders. They are people who are chosen to do an interview and they will make a statement and say that they are a part of the hip-hop culture, but from an intellectual standpoint, they are not very sharp, because back in '1990..'91 one would criticize somebody for doing one type of commercial and say that's not real hip-hop and then another rapper turns around and sell them malt liquor and say that's real hip hop.

Two key ingredients in any successful chef: a quick learner and someone with a sharp brain.

When the age is in, the wit is out

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.

The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secrets of things.