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Famous Quotes

"The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it."
Terry Pratchett on Intelligence

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein on Intelligence
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
Albert Einstein on Intelligence
"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
Albert Einstein on Intelligence
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
Albert Einstein on Intelligence
"We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
Albert Einstein on Intelligence

"It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone."
"There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. I've been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony."
"In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper."
"In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper."
"The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop."