Behavior Quote by Noah Baumbach

There is such a thing as genius, and these are people who do not have a formal disability, DSM-IV-type. They may have liberal eccentricities…

— Darold Treffert

“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

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

— Anna Chlumsky

My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

— Arthur C. Clarke

An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.

— Richard Reeves

“My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]”

— Arthur C. Clarke

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort…

— Noah Baumbach

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily…

— James Gleick

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

— George Orwell

“We all know people who become strongly identified with, and attached to, their intelligence. It can become a big ego trap, harmful to oneself…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Intellectually active people are particularly attracted to elegant concepts, which can have the effect of distracting them from the simpler, more fundamental, truths. What”

— Christopher Risso-gill