Began Quote by George Woodcock

I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person.

— Frank Wedekind

I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us

— Saul Perlmutter

I always felt I had to prove my intelligence.

— Steph McGovern

Where would I have ended up if I had been intelligent?

— Joseph Beuys

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens…

— Russell Banks

I was a very intelligent kid. I used my intelligence to support my passions. When it came to comic books, I became enthralled in…

— Rob Van Dam

“Intelligence is a multiplication of Experiences & Surroundings we come across in our childhood.”

— Hems

I was fascinated by the world. I thought, "I just want to be a part of this world."

— Richard Dormer

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded…

— Mark Twain

Bring all your intelligence to bear on your beginning.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

— Max Beerbohm

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

— Helen Gurley Brown