Intelligence Quotes

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A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies. — Judith McNaught
But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence — Winifred Holtby
Iâ€™ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what Iâ€™ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children. — Lisa Kleypas
He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing… — Alain de Botton
Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The words that reverberate for us at the confines of this long adventure of rebellion are not formulas for optimism, for which we have no… — Albert Camus
He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intelligence to sleep, and with her willing connivance, so… — Doris Lessing
Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves. — Deb Caletti
Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but caught himself on… — Diana Gabaldon
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. — George R. R. Martin
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of… — Jane Austen
Here, start living moment to moment totally and intensely, joyfully and playfully â€” and you will see that nothing goes out of control; that your… — Rajneesh
A conclusion is the place you get to when youâ€™re tired of thinking. — Jill Shalvis
When all by myself, I can think of all kinds of clever remarks, quick comebacks to what no one said, and flashes of witty sociability… — Fernando Pessoa
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take… — Bertrand Russell
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book."… — Malcolm Gladwell
Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone… — Stephen King
The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that… — Umberto Eco
No matter how strong our resolve, we eventually find ourselves enslaved by the compulsive preference for one particular woman. Youâ€™ve been caught, my friend. You… — Lisa Kleypas

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