--- title: "8 Thinkers People Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Thinkers People quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Thinkers People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/rush-limbaugh-28_believe_the-new-york-times-is-filled-with-ivy-le_495267.jpg" --- > [The New York Times is filled with Ivy League graduates and so is the Washington Post. I mean, it's all the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/the-new-york-times-is-filled-with-ivy-league-graduates-and-so-is-the/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/rush-limbaugh-28_believe_the-new-york-times-is-filled-with-ivy-le_495267.jpg) > [We need true free thinkers, people who really say what they feel and have good, genuine intentions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jpegmafia/we-need-true-free-thinkers-people-who-really-say-what-they-feel-and/) [JPEGMAFIA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jpegmafia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/jpegmafia-7848_free_we-need-true-free-thinkers-people-who-re_914540.jpg) > [“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/many-highly-intelligent-people-are-poor-thinkers-many-people-of/) [Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/edward-de-bono-2489_car_many-highly-intelligent-people-are-poor_1009705.png) > [“We have a crisis of leadership in America because our overwhelming power and wealth, earned under earlier generations of leaders, made us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-deresiewicz/we-have-a-crisis-of-leadership-in-america-because-our-overwhelming/) [William Deresiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-deresiewicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/william-deresiewicz-15471_doing-things_we-have-a-crisis-of-leadership-in-americ_1229346.jpg) > [I am a student of good and bad, and I've always been inquisitive. I never want to be the know-it-all in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-franklin/i-am-a-student-of-good-and-bad-and-i-ve-always-been-inquisitive-i/) [Kirk Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/kirk-franklin-4036_ambition_i-am-a-student-of-good-and-bad-and-i-ve_1294613.jpg) > [The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-people-who-tend-to-get-the-most-out-of-being-social-thinkers-are/) [Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/clive-thompson-15484_always_the-people-who-tend-to-get-the-most-out_1577858.jpg) > [Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maeda/our-economy-is-built-upon-convergent-thinkers-people-that-execute/) [John Maeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maeda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/john-maeda-11190_art_our-economy-is-built-upon-convergent-thi_1622964.png) > [Some people are destined to be deep thinkers. I am not one of those people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-lancaster/some-people-are-destined-to-be-deep-thinkers-i-am-not-one-of-those/) [Jen Lancaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-lancaster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/jen-lancaster-6189_deep_some-people-are-destined-to-be-deep-thin_2916979.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinkers-people/#itemlist", "name": "Thinkers People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The New York Times is filled with Ivy League graduates and so is the Washington Post. I mean, it's all the same club. They may be Ivy League educated, but they're not smart. Their minds are closed. They actually are mind-numbed robots. They have been programmed all their lives. They're not even thinkers. 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