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    Who said that??? Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss activities; Small minds discuss people." Do you agree?

    one of my favorite quotes.

    +5  Views: 1532 Answers: 12 Posted: 13 years ago
    Chiangmai

    Eleanor Roosevelt was a very wise lady!
    Jenn

    Smarty!!!

    12 Answers

    I thought it was Great minds think alike . Fools seldom differ

    I have no idea but would like to embroider it onto a pillow....

    I am in two minds on this, on the one hand its yes and on the other hand its no. 

    I know now never to have a discussion about people.

    I'm not sure who said it but i'll take it a step futthere and say superior minds discuss little but act quietly..

    I love it!

    dont know who said it jenn but I do agree x

    I disagree. The subject of interest is not a measure of intelligence. Intelligence grows by seeking ways to understand and use that understanding purposefully. 

    Yes. all three rolled into one My Mother-in-law

    There are many published incidents of this as an anonymous proverb since at least 1948, and as a statement of Eleanor Roosevelt since at least 1992, but without any citation of an original source. It is also often attributed to Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, but though Rickover quoted this, he did not claim to be the author of it.


    I do disagree though. I agree with robert "" who said "The subject of interest is not a measure of intelligence. Intelligence grows by seeking ways to understand and use that understanding purposefully."


     

     

    mycatsmom

    Who would name their baby " Hyman " ?
    valR

    Mr. and Mrs. Rickover did :)

    LOL . My mother said that .......I don't know where she got it, but there's a cornel of truth in most of those old sage expressions. She had an expression for every occasion. She said her mother did too. She said,  '' Those who can , do. Those who can't , teach ''  She said in conjucntion with that ---that math teachers are frustrated engineers. LOL.  No offense to engineers. We've got a lot of them around here at Fords and G M

    This question gives me the idea of taking  a course in philosophy or psychology, but that action would just put me in a room full of people who think they are intellectually superior to others....I don't mean to talk about classmates, but, you know what I mean.  Let's discuss it over coffee sometime!



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