Intelligence Quotes

3172 quotes by 1911 authors

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. — Douglas Adams
But all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our sensesâ€¦are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that He has… — John Adams
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence,… — Pablo Picasso
We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for… — Stephen Jay Gould
I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to flock… — Dorothy Parker
Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you… — Bryce Courtenay
Beauty fades, dumb is forever. — Judy Sheindlin
The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a… — Philip K. Dick
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates… — Philip Pullman
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What I cannot create, I do not understand. — Richard P. Feynman
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and… — Albert Einstein
[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never… — Judy Blume
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. — Alvin Toffler
When you know better you do better. — Maya Angelou
We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. — Elbert Hubbard
The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both… — Albert Camus
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. — Terry Pratchett
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred. — Aldous Huxley

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