Academia Quote by Helen McCrory

“Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. The brightest among us can founder on the shoals of unbridled passions and unruly impulses;…

— Daniel Goleman

Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it.

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“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

Unfortunately, the world has taken some of the greatest minds God has given us and locked them up in cages. Most very brilliant or…

— Ted Dekker

I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then…

— Halton Arp

Being the smartest person in the room I think can be very lonely.

— Lindsey Morgan

“There are extremes within any population, but on average, at least among young adults, those who feel lonely actually spend no more time alone…

— John T. Cacioppo

“The correct way to think about intelligence, in this case, is as a human quality shared by just about everyone, at least until it…

— Neal Stephenson

“Most people give up their pursuit of genius early on and spend their lives desperately seeking it in others.”

— K.A. Laity

“But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols. But…

— Daniel Keyes

Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience,…

— Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie

“One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and it’s incredibly…

— Bruce Springsteen