Intelligent Quotes

1897 Intelligent quotes by 1245 unique authors

She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity. — J D Salinger
How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses is much stupider than what remains inside him? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the… — Leo Tolstoy
she was beautiful and seemingly quite intelligent, what with her pentameter search system. There wasn't a reason in the world not to find her appealing. — Haruki Murakami
I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to… — Anne Frank
All of us have worries. We worry because we are intelligent beings. Intelligence predicts, that is its essence; the same intelligence that allows us to… — Norman Doidge
I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The truth is that every intelligent man, as you know, dreams of being a gangster and of ruling over society by force alone. As it… — Albert Camus
I should emphasize this, to keep well-meaning but misguided multiculturalists at bay: the theoretical entities in which these tribal people frankly believe — the gods… — Daniel Dennett
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or… — Simone de Beauvoir
I walked among Shadows, and found a race of furry creatures, dark and clawed and fanged, reasonably manlike, and about as intelligent as a freshman… — Roger Zelazny
She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, courteous, wealthy, well-read, amusing and enamored, but he had not… — Dorothy L. Sayers
[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of… — Nick Hornby
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet. — Swami Vivekananda
Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should… — George Orwell
All the inane, meaningless noises people make that pass for intelligent conversation. They might as well be pigs grunting in the pen. (92) — Norma Fox Mazer
I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I… — Sherman Alexie
Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity. — E F Schumacher
She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence...they don't talk about it much, the poets, but when a woman is intelligent… — Eva Ibbotson
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to… — Carl Sagan
I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent. — Jim Butcher
Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous. — Jim Butcher
Studies show that intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world. — Emilie Autumn
Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way. — Oswald Chambers
You still haven't managed to heal the scars left by some of the injustices committed against you in your life and it doesn't do you… — Paulo Coelho

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