Quotes About Intelligence

Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs.

He wrote in the fly leaf: Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est! "That means 'Knowledge is power!' Oh, I do believe that, Marion.

A fool with a tool is still a fool.

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est!

Knowledge is the life of the mind.

People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'

Lowell's observations of Martian canals had become a joke in the scientific community.25 In the early 1950s, the possibility of life and intelligence in the universe remained a question that few scientists were seriously considering.

Yet human intelligence has another force, too: the sense of urgency that gives human smarts their drive. Perhaps our intelligence is not just ended by our mortality; to a great degree, it is our mortality.

Jedno?ci? silni, rozumni sza?em

Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different

We are all Rumsfeldian, if we are doing science right.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.

Poverty of knowledge is the greatest disaster

No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.

To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.

All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those towards whom it intends to direct itself.

From early youth I endeavored to read books in the right way and I was fortunate in having a good memory and intelligence to assist me.

and in certain circles honesty is taken as an index of stupidity.

Sehr intelligente Menschen sollten sich eine primitive und dumme Frau nehmen. In meiner freien Zeit will ich meine Ruhe haben.

La llamada "intelectualidad" ve con infinito desdén a todo aquel que no pasó por las escuelas oficiales, para dejarse llenar de "sabiduría". Nunca se pregunta: ¿Qué sabe el individuo?, y sí: ¿Qué estudió? Para esas criaturas "cultas" más vale la cabeza hueca, bien protegida por títulos, que el muchacho más despierto.

Genialidade verdadeiramente é sempre inata, nunca fruto de educação ou estudos.

in certain circles honesty is taken as an index of stupidity.