Intelligent Quotes

1897 Intelligent quotes by 1245 unique authors

What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in… — Julie Burchill
A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual. — Anthony Burgess
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the… — Nicolas Cage
While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all,… — Tony Campolo
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world. — Robert Carlyle
When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent. — Thomas Carlyle
Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third… — Benjamin Carson
I love women in all their different incarnations. My friends are practically all women. They are much more intelligent than men. — Roberto Cavalli
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself. — Noam Chomsky
The price of greatness is responsibility. — Winston Churchill
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. — Winston Churchill
I like a man who grins when he fights. — Winston Churchill
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. — Arthur C. Clarke
Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it… — Arthur C. Clarke
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium. — Arthur C. Clarke
I've never been an intellectual but I have this look. — Woody Allen
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but… — Henri Frederic Amiel
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated… — Maya Angelou
I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother… — Maya Angelou
The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are… — Stephen Hawking
The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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