Presidents Brains Quote by Helen Hooven Santmyer

We are divided between those who think with their heads and those who know with their heart. Consider Harriet Miers. If you think about…

— Stephen Colbert

“Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done, they were…

— Douglas E. Richards

Brains are like representative democracies. They are built of multiple, overlapping experts who weigh in and compete over different choices.

— David Eagleman

“The ability to gauge intelligence is itself a form of intelligence. Monkeys don’t ponder how smart monkeys are. Ditto for politicians.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Of course, many highly intelligent people like Dan find a place to feel comfortable in adulthood, when there is a bit less stigma to…

— Mitch Prinstein

“These times, indeed all times, demand national political leaders who know not only our history but the history of the world and its nations…

— Harold G. Moore

“He had somehow won the race for president, but his brain seemed incapable of performing what would be essential tasks in his new job.…

— Michael Wolff

“If you only had brain in your head you would be as good as man as any of them, and a better man than…

— L. Frank Baum

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

— Henry Louis Mencken

As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of…

— John Jay

I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.

— Anna Quindlen

“America’s voters carry the responsibility of choosing the best person to lead our nation, and whoever that person may be, there is one thing…

— Clint Hill