Intelligence Quotes

3172 quotes by 1889 authors

I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most of which it… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Filthy language is used by people who don't have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words. — Nouman Ali Khan
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed… — Confucius
As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovered only by great… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things. — P.J. O'Rourke
Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools. — Andre Gide
Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The fear of death is for all of us everywhere, but for the great intelligence of the opium eater it is beautifully narrowed into the… — John Cheever
The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that… — Gloria Naylor
Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity. — Albert Camus
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. — Sophocles
In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our bodies (though control is a prerequisite); we must touch the… — Adrienne Rich
In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Not all your heroism, not… — Alfred North Whitehead
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious. — Alfred North Whitehead
This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated. — Robert Jarvik
There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing. — Edgar Degas
You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language… — Katherine Anne Porter
A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence. — Brander Matthews
Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or the woman is an outlaw. No woman could be Nietzsche… — Andrea Dworkin
The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral , and I prefer the Platonic idea of the Muse to that of… — Jorge Luis Borges

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