Intelligence Quotes · Page 187

Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.

— Viktor E. Frankl

“What is the purpose of intelligence if it is not to serve others?”

— Muriel Barbery

Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.

— George Bancroft

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

— Adolf Hitler

“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”

— Anatole France

Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.

— Lech Walesa

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Ralf Rangnick is a genius in terms of the way he thinks about the game.

— Jesse Marsch

Intelligence officers are a peculiar lot. Whether they are active or retired, their brains are wired for a completely different way of…

— Malcolm Nance

From the very fact the universe is on the whole orderly, in a manner comprehensible to our intellect, is evidence that we…

— Philip Johnson

Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially…

— Honore de Balzac

“It was not a matter, mind you, of the certainty I had of being more intelligent than everyone else. Besides, such certainty…

— Albert Camus

“Intellect is in itself an exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes…

— Oscar Wilde

“Most people give up their pursuit of genius early on and spend their lives desperately seeking it in others.”

— K.A. Laity

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile…

— Aldrich Ames

Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe what are we to do about the stupidity of mankind? I include…

— Jeanette Winterson

Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate…

— Albert Einstein

The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

The CIA in real life, we know, is looking for new kinds of cover. It's looking for new platforms, as they like…

— David Ignatius

If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would…

— Eugene V. Debs

It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he does not really need a college. He…

— Albert Einstein

“I came from Paris in the Spring of 1884, and was brought in intimate contact with him [Thomas Edison]. We experimented day…

— Nikola Tesla

“I suppose your evaluation of his intelligence is just right.” “Such a Goldilocks line. Makes me feel so…ursine.” “Why can’t you just…

— Orson Scott Card

Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no.

— Tom Perez

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.

— Henry David Thoreau

The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.

— George Henry Lewes

There is no better reason in life for you to something than because you love it.

— Renzo Gracie

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

Artificial intelligence has the same relation to intelligence as artificial flowers have to flowers.

— David Parnas

I believe everything happens for a reason, the good, the bad, and even the evil.

— Karina Barton

LOVE is when you look at that person and smile for no reason

— Anonymous

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

— Steve Martin

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

— Phaedrus

Childrens ambitions in school are often a glass ceiling, an obstacle to what they can accomplish.

— Alastair Arnott

“Somewhere down the line we were all genius but never believed in ourself”

— Marissa Ilyse Turner

Grades don't always measure intelligence and age doesn't always define maturity..

— Anonymous

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

— Edward Thorndike

There's no reason to look back when you have so much to look forward to.

— Anonymous

Some people say I'm smart, other says I just need attention.

— Scientist Dumi