Intelligent Quotes

1897 Intelligent quotes by 1245 unique authors

A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human. — Alan Turing
I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. — Miguel de Unamuno
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. — Leonardo da Vinci
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. — Leonardo da Vinci
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. — Leonardo da Vinci
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. — Leonardo da Vinci
I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. — Kurt Vonnegut
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. — Bill Watterson
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. — Simone Weil
Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. — Simone Weil
Audiences want to see intelligent movies. — Harvey Weinstein
There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible.… — Harvey Weinstein
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. — Orson Welles
I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse. — Mary Wesley
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. — Alfred North Whitehead
I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be… — E. O. Wilson
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break. — Robert Anton Wilson
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind… — Virginia Woolf
Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor. — Andrew Young

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