Intellect Quotes

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It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most… — William Golding
The man who can see all gray, and red, and purples in a peach, will paint the peach rightly round, and rightly altogether. But the… — John Ruskin
Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up. — Thomas Nagel
Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If love is real,… — Joe Meno
When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination… — K D Lang
All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God there is nothing… — Thomas de Quincey
My intellect is a little way upon the wrong side of that narrow boundary-line between sanity and insanity. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
If Christianity is really true, then it involves the whole man, including his intellect and creativeness. Christianity is not just 'dogmatically' true or 'doctrinally' true.… — Francis Schaeffer
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and… — Isocrates
Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, as in certain combinations so words and in all kinds… — Plotinus
Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman of the last century said: Men succeed less by their talents than their character. There… — Wendell Phillips
Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero. — Carl von Clausewitz
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they… — Carl von Clausewitz
The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy. — Roger Scruton
I think it's about time people stopped judging women on their appearance and more on their intellect. Like you can appreciate my style without having… — Alexa Chung
Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. — Thomas a Kempis
I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be… — Humphry Davy
The proving power of the intellect or the senses was questioned by the skeptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into… — Imre Lakatos
Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but… — Joe Locke
Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose… — Jacque Fresco

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