Intelligence Quotes · Page 31

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind

— Joseph Addison

pg 9, "The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence.

— Fernando Pessoa

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together;…

— Edward Thorndike

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

— Peter Pace

“I love you. You're my voice of reason.”

— Zathyn Priest

Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.

— Christopher Moore

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the…

— Lord Mountbatten

“But though every normal man thus cherishes the soothing unction that he is the intellectual superior of all women, and particularly of…

— H.L. Mencken

You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean…

— Bryan Fuller

Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and…

— Joseph Joubert

One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.

— Joan Fontaine

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you encounter a genius like Kleiber, it makes you look at the role afresh, even if it is one you have…

— Mirella Freni

“It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.”

— Daniel Willey

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it…

— Stendhal

If the challenge wasn't there, there's no reason to say 'yes' to the role.

— Corey Hawkins

Reason is the slave of passion.

— Anonymous

“What? Do you suppose the intellect can work separately from the heart?”

— Ivan Goncharov

Brilliance is a blessed ignorance of innocent mind, impatient heart and intuitive soul to ignite curiosity that leads and culminates into sheer…

— Anuj Somany

As far as intellect, what else is there? Without intellect, no story and no world.

— Byron Katie

I didn't get to be this smart by not being stupid

— Allison Mackie

The reason why I wanted to be an actor was to understand different people and cultures.

— Ishaan Khatter

The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.

— Mark Hunt

When we are calling forth the depth and genius of the other, then we grow.

— Jean Houston

[In politics,] when there is no reason to speak, there is a reason not to speak.

— David Frum