Intelligent Quotes

1897 Intelligent quotes by 1245 unique authors

And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain;… — Veronica Roth
One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent. — H. L. Mencken
The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the… — Og Mandino
No occupation is more worthy of an intelligent and enlightened mind, than the study of Nature and natural objects; and whether we labour to investigate… — Joseph Paxton
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent… — Berkeley Breathed
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. — Charles Darwin
The average schoolmaster is and always must be essentially an ass, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an avocation. — H. L. Mencken
Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use of experience for… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are… — Thomas Nagel
The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. — Theodore Roosevelt
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach. — Adolf Hitler
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but… — Laozi
It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz. — Art Blakey
Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. ... Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an… — Emma Goldman
A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. — Charles Kettering
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of… — Margaret Mead
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity… — Samuel Gompers
The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence. — Al-MaÊ¿arri
I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity… — Isaac Newton
In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in. — Unknown Author
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being… — Albert Einstein
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one… — Eleanor Roosevelt
None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an intelligent purchase simply because it is unpopular; a contrarian approach is just as… — Warren Buffett
Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the… — John Stott

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