Intelligence Quotes

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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than… — Bertrand Russell
It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or… — Elizabeth Wein
No good has ever come from feeling guilty, neither intelligence, policy, nor compassion. The guilty do not pay attention to the object but only to… — Paul Goodman
Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change. — Vernor Vinge
It was this feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted ans safe in possession… — Margaret Mitchell
Discretion is a synonym for intelligence. — Eloisa James
Not stupid. Overly trusting, maybe, but that reflects on his lack of trustworthiness, not on your intelligence. — Tammara Webber
There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has… — Rumi
He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence. — Michael Lewis
In his extreme youth Stoner had thought of love as an absolute state of being to which, if one were lucky, one might find access;… — John Edward Williams
The only miracle we can perform is to go on living, said the woman, to preserve the fragility of life from day to day, as… — Jose Saramago
I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. — Roland Barthes
Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed. — Daniel Kahneman
To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence. For knowledge is… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something… — Daniel Keyes
A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait. — Moliere
The idiot had shot their own dog. Thatâ€™s what happened when the destructive potential of a manâ€™s weapons exceeded his intelligence. — Ilona Andrews

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