Controversial Quote by Harvey Pekar

“Adaptive decision making is the quintessence of rationality, but the items used to assess intelligence on widely accepted tests bear no resemblance to measures…

— Keith E. Stanovich

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

— A. N. Wilson

There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the…

— Christopher Hitchens

The biggest benefit of being highly intelligent that I've found is that when you look at other people like they're stupid you're usually right.

— Rock Cowles

I think there's been this long cycle of the big companies making a lot of money by underestimating people's intelligence and people are used…

— J. Robbins

There are so many different ways in which someone is 'intelligent.' In my opinion this doesn't always have to be measured by academic achievement.

— Stacey Solomon

Most people who have found that they are more intelligent than most around them, have yet to learn that one of the most intelligent…

— Terry Pratchett

“Most of us have been taught to think that we are either intelligent or we are not. But the definitions of intelligence we learned…

— Kevin Horsley

Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things…

— Susan Sontag

I was quite disruptive and out there. Then I found myself in a load of remedial classes being told how to use a ruler.…

— Keith Flint

“I agree with John Holt that the true test of intelligence is not what you know or can regurgitate from memory on an exam.…

— John Bradshaw

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't…

— Woody Hayes