Absolute Quote by Alison Gopnik

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

— A. N. Wilson

Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities,…

— Daniel Goleman

We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.

— Marty Nemko

IQ is a very important predictor, not just of academic success, but of economic success.

— Charles Murray

“And I want readers to understand the Flynn Effect, the notion that our American society gets smarter at the constant rate of 3 IQ…

— Springer Publishing Company

“Once someone has reached an IQ of somewhere around 120, having additional IQ points doesn’t seem to translate into any measurable real-world advantage.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“And that is the problem: academic intelligence offers virtually no preparation for the turmoil—or opportunity—life’s vicissitudes bring. Yet even though a high IQ is…

— Daniel Goleman

The high IQ has become the American equivalent of the Legion of Honor, positive proof of a child's intellectual aristocracy… It has become more…

— Sam Levenson

All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter every decade. The speed of innovation is…

— Bjarke Ingels

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.

— George Carlin

The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“asked many people these questions and their answers are invariable. “Of course it would.” The cultural correlation is undeniable: we’ve been indoctrinated to believe…

— Sean Patrick