Intelligence Quotes

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".

If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.

There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.

As human beings, we're given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.

The French equate intelligence with rational discourse, the Russians with intense soul-searching. For the Mexican, intelligence is inseparable from maliciousness.

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.

FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.

The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity.

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by impeccable syllogism, is so much moonshine.

As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.

It makes me happy to encounter goodness, love of work, humane intelligence, and people no matter at what kind of job, be it ever so humble, or ever so exalted, who do it well and con amore.

'cause humans, above all, fear intelligence. how humans, scared out of their minds, gather whatever intelligence they can put their hands on and put it all in a central penitentiary named facts.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

I see fear as a sign of intelligence, of preservation.

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.

Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha)

The kind of intelligence a genius has is a different sort of intelligence. The thinking of a genius does not proceed logically. It leaps with great ellipses. It pulls knowledge from God knows where.

True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence.

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom--freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.

Because the body is the end product of intelligence and how that intelligence shapes your reality will shape the reality of the body.

The highest type of intelligence, says Aristotle, manifests itself in an ability to see connections where no one has seen them before, that is, to think analogically.

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good.

Intelligence is of paramount importance to live life sensibly, because without intelligence, there is no clarity. And Clarity is intelligence everyone is capable of.

Education is understanding relationships.

The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.

If you must work for money, find a way to work and be happy. That is financial intelligence.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

Earning money has a way of increasing financial intelligence quickly.

That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.

The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of the intelligence, because intellectual qualities are not superposable, and therefore cannot be measured as linear surfaces are measured.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.

In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.

Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.

Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy.