A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.

— Daniel Keyes

Algernon is so smart he has to solve a problem with a lock that changes every time he goes in to eat so he has to learn something new to get his food. That made me sad because if he count learn he wouldn't be able to eat, and he would be hungry.

— Daniel Keyes

ARTIFICIALLY-INDUCED INTELLIGENCE DETERIORATES AT A RATE OF TIME DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE QUANTITY OF THE INCREASE.

— Daniel Keyes

A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.

— Daniel Keyes

Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding. Why? What in God's name did they want of me?

— Daniel Keyes

But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols. But I know now there's one thing you've all overlooked: intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

— Daniel Keyes

By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain.

— Daniel Keyes

Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men. A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.

— Daniel Keyes

Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men."--Charlie Gordon

— Daniel Keyes

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.

— Daniel Keyes