I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that read more

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it read more

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.