Characteristics Quote by Jacques Ellul

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their…

— Criss Jami

Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. The native intellectual powers of men in different…

— Humphry Davy

... in going over the history of all the inventions for which history could be obtained it became more and more clear that in…

— Reginald Fessenden

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“[Practical intelligence is] practical in nature: that is, it's now knowledge for its own sake. It's knowledge that helps you read situations correctly and…

— Malcolm Gladwell

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

— Aristotle

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

— Bertolt Brecht

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.

— Immanuel Kant

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools which humanity has so far devised for effectively directed…

— John Dewey