15 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Intelligence

Orson Scott Card quotes on intelligence

18. Ender would be pleased - every one of them was stupid.

51. I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind.

203. He's not as smart as he thinks he is Yes he is. And if you doubt it, you're not as smart as you think you are.

206. You're very smart. Smarter than I am, I hope. Though of course I have such incredible vanity that I can't really believe that anyone is actually smarter than I am. Which means that I'm all the more in need of good advice, since I can't actually conceive of needing any. You talk in circles That's just part of my cruelty. To torment you with conversation

267. He knew that bean's powers of analysis were extraordinary. So, also, were his powers of deception. Some of bean's guesses weren't right - but was that because he didn't know the truth, or because he simply didn't want them to know how much he knew, or how much he guessed

299. God made us with death inside, and also with intelligence. We have our seventy years or so - perhaps ninety, with care - in the mountains of GA, a 130 is not unheard of, though I personally believe they are all liars. They would claim to be immortal if they thought they could get away with it. We could live forever, if we were willing to be stupid the whole time. Surely you're not saying that god had to choose between long life and intelligence for human beings! It's there in your own bible, Carlotta. Two trees of knowledge and life. You eat of the tree of knowledge, and you will surely die. You eat of the tree of life, and you remain a child in the garden forever, undying.

347. We are all fools when one wise man appears.

714. What does she think we are, idiots? Well, yes, actually. Brilliant, but idiots. It's not as if she didn't have plenty of evidence of absentmindedness from everyone of them.

853. The man who has an intelligent child is doomed to spend his life justifying every decision he makes

928. He felt sick with the sense of loss. What have I been doing all these years? How stupid can a reasonably bright guy be?

972. She's not ignorant, she's just stupider than I ever imagined

984. You're not as smart as you think you are You're not smart enough to judge

1035. We're still struggling to find a significant amount of intelligence here, so no.

1052. Well, I wish I could tell you that Ender is like me, but Ender is very, very smart.

1062. 'I'm not stupid!' In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy. -Ender's Shadow