Intelligence Quotes

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We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers. — Mitt Romney
Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot… — Andy Rooney
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. — Theodore Roosevelt
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. — John Ruskin
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. — Bertrand Russell
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. — Bertrand Russell
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. — Bertrand Russell
We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. — Bertrand Russell
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. — Bertrand Russell
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. — Bertrand Russell
Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. And I'm going to level with you:… — Paul Ryan
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. — Carl Sagan
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they… — Carl Sagan
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I reject your reality and substitute my own. — Adam Savage
Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying. — Marilyn vos Savant
Every true genius is bound to be naive. — Friedrich Schiller

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