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" It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland. "

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" Having one of the highest IQs ever measured is as much a curse as it is a blessing. My parents were great, though: they were always seeking the most difficult presents possible for me - Rubik's cubes and things like that. "

" I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.' "

" My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good. "

" The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life. "

" When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke. "

" My personality is extremely unbalanced. "

" I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals. "

" High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical. "

" I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services. "

" I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth. "

" I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't. "

" We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show. "

" Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies: because they came up with new ideas that no one would allow them to try. "

" It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far. "

" Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.' "

" A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective. "

" Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of. "

" As a youth, I and most of the other smarter kids in school got picked on by bullies. I was a big guy - even at a young age - and would take the beatings for my friends, who were often smaller and scrawnier. "

" At Sussex University, I developed a system called WinLocX to help with the process of translating software into foreign languages. "

" If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy. "

" It's a pleasure to contribute to the entrepreneurial community at USC. "

" EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security. "

" When I started losing business to salespeople who were using used-car salesmen kind of tactics, I realized I can't ignore the EQ thing; it's going to kill sales. "

" Problem-solving, inventing, hacking and coding is more of an adrenaline rush of endorphins rather than a feeling. "

" I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference. "

" Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability. "

" The California Science Center is a cornerstone in California's push to educate and encourage students to reach their full potential and to pursue careers in science and engineering. "

" You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's your magic - your pixie dust. "

" I've only twice in my life come across someone with both high IQ and high EQ naturally; and that was because their parents were super high EQ, and the parents just EQ'd the hell out of them. They're inevitably very successful because now you've got someone who's sharper than the average person and well-rounded, too. "

" Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes. "