“Even the brain, that most delicate and complex of all known organs, is not merely a lot of neurons added together. While a genius must have more of the gray matter than a sparrow, the idiot may have just as much as the genius. The difference between them must be explained in terms of how those substances are organized.”

“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”

“Carbonaceous meteorites that fall to the Earth… have several percent to as much as 10 percent of complex organic matter in them.”

“On the properties of God: "Such a bandwidth! God, who may not have a brain made of neurons, or a CPU made of silicon, but if he has the powers attributed to him he must have something far more elaborately and non-randomly constructed than the largest brain or the largest computer we know."”

“The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.”

“There is a very stunning range of studies… of interstellar organic matter… the cold, dark spaces between the stars are also loaded with organic matter. …complex organic materials are everywhere.”

“In general, we Portuguese only begin to be idiotic when we reach the age of reason. While we are young we all have a spark of genius.”

“Relying upon facts is claiming that you “know it all”, while a genius must go beyond these facts and prove them on his own.”

“You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.”

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. ”