Intelligence Quotes

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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. — Lord Byron
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. — Nicolas Cage
I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars. — Michael Caine
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. — John Calvin
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. — Albert Camus
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold.… — Albert Camus
Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence. — Jerry Cantrell
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. — Andrew Carnegie
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away… — John le Carre
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. — John le Carre
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible. — George Washington Carver
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good… — Giacomo Casanova
All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It… — Willa Cather
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience. — Paul Cezanne
Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none. — Claude Chabrol
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. — Oswald Chambers

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