History Quote by Barbara W. Tuchman

“Two things are to be remembered: that a man whose opinions and theories are worth studying may be presumed to have had some intelligence,…

— Bertrand Russell

“[T]he best historians...take a thorough knowledge of the evidence of their subject and combine it with a sharp intellect, the warmest understanding of people…

— Elliot Perlman

“Ordinary men wonder why those of only average intelligence so often rise to the highest levels of power, while highly intelligent people generally do…

— Dave Champion

“The most satisfactory proof of intellectual strength is to be found in the existence of a power which enables the mind to conquer its…

— John Ayrton Paris

“To obtain greatness and strength, a man must have a good character. He is honorable and respected by others. We define him as intelligent,…

— Ellen J. Barrier

“Education, the press, politics, religion—in a word, all the great forces in the world—are at present on the side of irrationality; they are in…

— Bertrand Russell

“If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“His intelligence was relentless and wild, a fire even he couldn't control. It swallowed entire books at a sitting, finding flaws in arguments, gaps…

— Ian Caldwell

“Feeling that everyone else was so much more powerful and sophisticated than he was, he had lost sight of his true values, suspended his…

— Ken Follett

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of the errors…

— Charles MacKay

“the man who succeeds is the man who is able to reduce problems to their simplest terms and who has the courage of his…

— Philip Kerr

“Today, intelligence is neither recognized nor rewarded, but is being systematically extinguished in a growing flood of brazenly flaunted irrationality.”

— Ayn Rand