Apprehension Quote by Charles Darwin

Mr. [Aldous] Huxley has been the alarming young man for a long time, a sort of perpetual clever nephew who can be relied on…

— Elizabeth Bowen

I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Whenever a first-rate intellect tackles it, as in the case of Huxley, or in that of Leo XIII., it at once takes on all…

— H.L. Mencken

“Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and…

— Witold Gombrowicz

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but…

— Leo Tolstoy

The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of the man…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

— Oscar Wilde

The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!

— Eric Jerome Dickey

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

— Anonymous

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

— Benjamin Franklin

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— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka