A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.