51 Quotes About Brilliant

Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind of education is virtually calculated to bore and alienate gifted minds. But instead of making exceptions where it would do the most good, the educational bureaucracy often prefers not to be bothered. In my case, for example, much of the schooling to which I was subjected was probably worse than nothing. It consisted not of real education, but of repetition and oppressive socialization (entirely superfluous given the dose of oppression I was getting away from school). Had I been left alone, preferably with access to a good library and a minimal amount of high-quality instruction, I would at least have been free to learn without useless distractions and gratuitous indoctrination. But alas, no such luck. Let’s try to break the problem down a bit. The education system […] is committed to a warm and fuzzy but scientifically counterfactual form of egalitarianism which attributes all intellectual differences to environmental factors rather than biology, implying that the so-called 'gifted' are just pampered brats who, unless their parents can afford private schooling, should atone for their undeserved good fortune by staying behind and enriching the classroom environments of less privileged students. This approach may appear admirable, but its effects on our educational and intellectual standards, and all that depends on them, have already proven to be overwhelmingly negative. This clearly betrays an ulterior motive, suggesting that it has more to do with social engineering than education. There is an obvious difference between saying that poor students have all of the human dignity and basic rights of better students, and saying that there are no inherent educationally and socially relevant differences among students. The first statement makes sense, while the second does not. The gifted population accounts for a very large part of the world’s intellectual resources. As such, they can obviously be put to better use than smoothing the ruffled feathers of average or below-average students and their parents by decorating classroom environments which prevent the gifted from learning at their natural pace. The higher we go on the scale of intellectual brilliance — and we’re not necessarily talking just about IQ — the less support is offered by the education system, yet the more likely are conceptual syntheses and grand intellectual achievements of the kind seldom produced by any group of markedly less intelligent people. In some cases, the education system is discouraging or blocking such achievements, and thus cheating humanity of their benefits. Christopher Langan

In my opinion, defining intelligence is much like defining beauty, and I don’t mean that it’s in the eye of the beholder. To illustrate, let’s say that you are the only beholder, and your word is final. Would you be able to choose the 1000 most beautiful women in the country? And if that sounds impossible, consider this: Say you’re now looking at your picks. Could you compare them to each other and say which one is more beautiful? For example, who is more beautiful– Katie Holmes or Angelina Jolie? How about Angelina Jolie or Catherine Zeta-Jones? I think intelligence is like this. So many factors are involved that attempts to measure it are useless. Not that IQ tests are useless. Far from it. Good tests work: They measure a variety of mental abilities, and the best tests do it well. But they don’t measure intelligence itself. Marilyn Vos Savant

Asking where memory is "located" in the brain is like asking where running is located in the body. There are certainly parts of the body that are more important (the legs) or less important (the little fingers) in performing the task of running but, in the end, it is an activity that requires complex coordination among a great many body parts and muscle groups. To extend the analogy, looking for differences between memory systems is like looking for differences between running and walking. There certainly are many differences, but the main difference is that running requires more coordination among the different body parts and can be disrupted by small things (such as a corn on the toe) that may not interfere with walking at all. Are we to conclude, then, that running is located in the corn on your toe? . Ian Neath

Birth after birth the line unchanging runs, And fathers live transmitted in their sons; Each passing year beholds the unvarying kinds, The same their manners, and the same their minds: Till, as erelong successive buds decay, And insect-shoals successive pass away, Increasing wants the pregnant parent vex With the fond wish to form a softer sex... Erasmus Darwin

A brilliant idea is like a baby in a mothers womb. You need to bring it out in the world, nurture it, feed it, grow it, till it becomes big enough to take care of itself. If you leave it at the stage of an idea itself, it is as good as non existent. Manoj Arora

Your intelligence enhances your ability to think and recollect, dream and set realistic goals. Your stamina is built on your passion for progress and willingness to excel... When you have a great stamina, you can make great impact even with a low intelligent quotient! Israelmore Ayivor

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life’s problems when you count them as joy. Elizabeth George

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society Josh Stern

From time to time I try to imagine this world of which he spoke--a culture in whose mythology words might be that precious, in which words were conceived as vessels for communications from the heart; a society in which words are holy, and the challenge of life is based upon the quest for gentle words, holy words, gentle truths, holy truths. I try to imagine for myself a world in which the words one gives one's children are the shell into which they shall grow, so one chooses one's children are the shell into which they shall grow, so one chooses one's words carefully, like precious gifts, like magnificent gifts, like magnificent inheritances, for they convey an excess of what we have imagined, they bear gifts beyond imagination, they reveal and revisit the wealth of history. How carefully, how slowly, and how lovingly we might step into our expectations of each other in such a world. Patricia J. Williams

The great thing about falling apart, is that you get to decide how to put yourself back together. Make good choices. Stacie Hammond

Sure I eat my feelings, but I save the emotional roller coaster for dessert Josh Stern

Feelings that would not have disgraced a leader who, now that the snow has begun to fall and the mountain-top is covered in mist, knows that he must lay himself down and die before morning comes, stole upon him, paling the colour of his eyes, giving him, even in the two minutes of his turn on the terrace, the bleached look of withered old age. Yet he would not die lying down; he would find some crag of rock, and there, his eyes fixed on the storm, trying to the end to pierce the darkness, he would die standing. He would never reach R. Virginia Woolf

Your opinion of your mental capacity may be great, but if your idea of intelligence is crude, your intelligence-producing thought will also be crude, and can produce only crude intelligence. It is therefore evident that to simply think that you are brilliant will not produce brilliancy, unless your understanding of brilliancy is made larger, higher and finer. …. When your thinking is brilliant, you will be brilliant, but if your thinking is not brilliant you will not be brilliant, no matter how brilliant you may think you are. . Christian D. Larson

Dr. Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists is a precise, passionate, compassionate and brilliantly reasoned work that will illuminate any and all minds capable of openness and curiosity. This is not a bedtime story to help you fall asleep, but a wakeup call that has the best chance of bringing your rational mind back to life.( Review of Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'). Stefan Molyneux

Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It is not what they say, but the reaction that tells you everything you need to know. Shannon L. Alder

Kelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open." And he makes his stunning entry! " Kelsier announced, sweeping into the room, throwing back his mistcloak. Dockson snorted, shutting the doors. "You're truly a wonder to behold, Kell. Particularly the soot stains on your knees. Brandon Sanderson

Vincent had ten major ideas every week: three brilliant, five good, and two ridiculous. JeanDominique Bauby

I'm almost finished, " said Wilhelm, wiping out a line with his sleeve and drawing over it." I never doubted you for a moment, " said Vex, then looked at Aurora and spoke more softly. "I actually doubted him the whole time. He's really not very good." Wilhelm turned. "I'm standing right in front of you. I can hear literally every sound you make."" Wilhelm, please, " said Vex, "this is a private conversation. Derek Landy

Portia followed after, a smirk on her face, and Syc hissed as he passed. Donegan waited till they were gone, then swung round to Gracious."He hissed at me."" He hissed at you."" Should I hiss back?"" It's a bit late."" He could still hear."" Not unless you run after him."" Do you think I should?"" Probably not."" I think I should."" It'd be a bit weird."" You might be right." Donegan pursed his lips, then shook his fist at the doorway." That showed him, " said Gracious.Donegan nodded. "He'll think twice about hissing at me again. Derek Landy

I.. I don't, I don't think I can do this."" Do what?" It didn't answer." Do the tests?"" I can't work with you when you're like this! " it blurted. "To every one of my specimens, I am the last thing they see! Terrror is what I am used to-- terror is what I like! I prefer my subjects to scream and beg, not ask to see results! "" I'll scream my questions, if that helps."" It won't, " it said sadly. "I'll know you're only trying to make me feel better. . Derek Landy

Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh, hell, " she muttered. Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?" Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh , hell, " she muttered. Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"" Please don't annoy him."" Me? When have I EVER annoyed the great Skulduggery Pleasant?"Skulduggery arrived at their table. Wreath smile up at him. "Hello.""I will shoot you in the eye, " Skulduggery said. Wreath glanced at Valkyrie. "I think I've annoyed him. Derek Landy

Life is a very brief candle especially when you burn it at both ends Josh Stern

Don't open the door to strangers, " said her dad. "Unless they're selling something. Then open the door and see if I'd like it. If I'd like it, buy it for me. But nothing cheap. I have standards. Nothing too expensive, either. My standards aren't that high. Derek Landy

Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so your Brandon Sanderson

He looked at Ghastly. "Thoughts?""I want to kill Sanguine, " was the first thing Ghastly said. "And I want to do it slowly, in front of a lot of people. Using a hammer." Skulduggery nodded. "Very healthy. Derek Landy

The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man's voice called, "Uh, hello?" Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery, looked back at the others, looked at Skulduggery again." Hello, " Skulduggery said, speaking loudly to be heard over the alarm. "Hi, " said the man. "The door's locked."" Is it?"" Yes."" That's funny" said Skulduggery. "Hold on a moment." He reached out, jiggled the handle a few times, then stepped back. "Yes, it's locked. You wouldn't happen to have the key, would you?" There was a delay in response from the other side. "I'm sorry, " the man called, "Who am I speaking . Derek Landy

I can't tell you how may beautiful women have broken up with me because they were bored. I can't tell you because it never happened. They all adored me." "It was your humility, wasn't it? Derek Landy

This isn't the first time I've used this, and the test subject showed no signs of impaired cognitive ability."" Who was the test subject?" asked Aurora."I test everything out on myself before taking it into the field." She stared at him. "You zapped your own brain?"" And it didn't do me any harm apart from the dizziness and the vomiting spells and the weirdly persistent ringing in my ears. Also the blackouts and the mood swings and the creeping paranoia. Apart from that, zero side effects, if you don't count the numb fingertips. Which I don't. Derek Landy

What's this about slippers?" Stephanie's mom said, walking in." Dad's just saying he could never lead the resistance against a robot army because he wears slippers."" This is very true, " her mum said." Then it's decided, " Stephanie's father said. "When the robot army makes itself known, I will be one of the first traitors to sell out the human race."" Wow, " said Stephanie."Now that's an about-turn, " said her mum." It's the only way, " said her dad. "I have to make sure my family survives. The two of you and that other one, the small one--"" Alice."" That's her. You're all that matter to me. You're all I care about. I will betray the human race so that the robot army spares you. And then later, I will betray you so that the robot army spares me. It's a dangerous ploy, but someone has to be willing to take the big risks, and I'll be damned if I'm about to let anyone else gamble with my family's future."" You're so brave, " Stephanie's mum said." I know, " said her dad, and then quieter, "I know. Derek Landy

I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. Ritchie Blackmore

I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant. Ritchie Blackmore

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good. Bill Gross

My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room. Alessandra Torresani

Why is it that I notice so many brilliant scientists using Macs for their personal computers why does the Lawrence Livermore & Berkeley Labs buy millions of dollars worth of Macs? Lene Hau

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob. Mika

Judaism is a brilliant religion, and the main function of Judaism is to learn and read. Leon Charney

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense. Tippi Hedren

I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. Cesar Milstein

I lived a pretty chaotic life. I went to England, and I moved around, and there were a lot of things that I was interested in. I wrote poetry. I took photographs. I was a musician and all sorts of things. Nothing brilliant, but I did all these different things. Pawel Pawlikowski

My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them. Daniel Radcliffe