Quotes about Brainy

“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”

“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

“In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.”

“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”

“Our first intuitions are the true ones.”

“Character is what a man is in the dark.”

“If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?”

“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”

“What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.”

“The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”

“Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'”

“A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.”

“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.”

“Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.”

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

“The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.”

“If not me, who? And if not now, when?”

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”

“There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.”