Intelligent Quotes

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In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research… — Douglas Adams
If only I can find him... the man who will be intelligent, yet physically magnetic and personable. If I can offer that combination, why shouldn't… — Sylvia Plath
The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego. — Hamza Yusuf
Intelligent women make the mistake of assuming that if they hold a higher degree, they can hold their own in a political debate, and they… — Sherry Argov
Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience. — Dorothy Parker
And heâ€™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

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