Intelligence Quotes
3172 quotes by 1911 authors
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Yes," she answers and does not move. She might, at this moment, be nothing but a floating intelligence; not even a brain inside a skull,…
— Michael Cunningham
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I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool,…
— Giacomo Casanova
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It's Simon. He's missing." "Ah," said Magnus, delicately, "missing what, exactly?" "Missing," Jace repeated, "as in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared."…
— Cassandra Clare
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She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer…
— Jane Austen
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In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the…
— Robert Anton Wilson
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The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.†The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness…
— Eckhart Tolle
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The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance.
— Lucy Grealy
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To think better, to think like the best humans, we are probably going to have to learn again to judge a person's intelligence, not by…
— Wendell Berry
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Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.
— Meg Cabot
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Do you like my working persona?" Saiman asked softly. "An aesthetically pleasing combination of intelligence and elegance, wouldn't you say?" Aren't we pleased with ourselves.…
— Ilona Andrews
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You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.
— Terry Pratchett
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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
— George Carlin
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The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural systems that cannot be adequately explained in terms of undirected…
— William A. Dembski
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Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play.
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.
— Charles Darwin
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There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was…
— Hermann Hesse
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Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.' 'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence.
— Rafael Sabatini
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The very comprehensibility of the world points to an intelligence behind the world. Indeed, science would be impossible if our intelligence were not adapted to…
— William A. Dembski
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I think you're intelligent and charming, and that you're a person with a kind heart. I know that when you want to, you can look…
— Nicholas Sparks
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