Intelligence Quotes

3172 quotes by 1911 authors

I've seen more intelligence in the crotch lice of harem whores. — Christopher Moore
lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. — Anchee Min
Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence."… — Kate Elliott
Self trust is the essence of heroism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking on your own; you will start looking around on your own. You will not believe in… — Rajneesh
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that,… — Albert Einstein
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all… — Adolf Hitler
Everything intelligent is so boring. — Leo Tolstoy
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth. — Robert A. Heinlein
There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence,… — Miguel de Cervantes
The poem must resist the intelligence almost successfully. — Wallace Stevens
Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to consider themselves very… — Leo Tolstoy
If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. — Rainer Maria Rilke
It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year. — Truman Capote
People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that… — Leo Tolstoy
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. — Alexandre Dumas
For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. — Aldous Huxley
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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