Anthony Burgess may have compared his intellect to Machiavelli and Voltaire, but Dr. Comfort rued that he would never escape the "albatross" of his $3 million best seller.
"An employer, who wants to recruit people with a high level of intellect, may have received 20,000 applications.
Nicknamed for his size and perhaps for his less-than-stellar intellect, Lumpy may have been larger than the other boys because he had repeated his sophomore year (at least once) or because his favorite hobby was eating.
Nor is a vague feeling much proof of your superior intellect; you may have thought tech stocks were overvalued at the start of the year, but did you make any money out of it?Illusion of control.
"I may not be the smartest crayon in the box," said Jordan, who apparently thinks crayons have intellects, which, compared to her, they do, "but I'm not that dumb!" Yes you are, darling.
Likewise, the increasing intellect of early humans may have pressured snakes to develop new methods of camouflage and defense.
Paradoxically, though, this combination of political stability and religious controversy may have been quite fortuitous for the development of Shakespeare's intellect and narrative gifts and for the great theatrical tradition of which he was a part.
Holmes appears to have talent, ambition, and intellect, but these qualities, unbalanced by authenticity, may have magnified her difficulties.
For the translocation of signification in the proper sense from the word to the intellect is based on the presupposition that, whatever Augustine may have said, mental concepts are signs themselves.
But his restless intellect, outsize personality and big heart drew people to him; he may have been the last rock critic in America to attract groupies of his own.
