Quotes About Intelligence

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot.

Well, I was always really mature for my age. I'm an above-age reader. I'm not trying to come off like, 'I have a high IQ number. My parents gave me the test.' That's the way I was, I guess. I am still a kid. I love doing kid activities. I'm such a kid, but when I'm on set, I do like to be professional.

When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.

Terrorists follow tried and tested tactics.

Bill Nye, so that guy truly knows everything, and I tested him. I'd come in every day with some new question for him that I'd assuming he'd have no idea basically how to answer it - basically he knows everything.

I was quite disruptive and out there. Then I found myself in a load of remedial classes being told how to use a ruler. But when they tested my IQ, they found out I was quite intelligent.

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

To talk about the superiority of an ethnic group on the basis of some points of difference on IQ tests is idiotic.

I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just because of their numerical skills, or maybe they may not be very good at memory, and are not particularly good at these kinds of tests.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

What needs to be debated is whether IQ tests, as currently designed, are fit for purpose, and capable of measuring the changing nature of intelligence in the 21st century among generations brought up with digital technology and different learning habits.

Think about being a teenager and feeling like school is just about taking tests you may or may not be interested in, after which someone will judge whether or not you're smart. No one's going to be inspired by that.

Bruce, this is Tovah, who absolutely isn't from the Israeli intelligence service.' Tovah smiled and shrugged innocently. 'I barely even know where Israel is.

So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.

There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas.

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community.

Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can't afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.

Good communications have done more to win wars throughout history than well-armed battalions.

At the same time, it asserts an important truth: what happens on Rua 25 de Março and in all the unregistered markets and roadside kiosks of the world is not simply haphazard. It is a product of intelligence, resilience, self-organization, and group solidarity, and it follows a number of well-worn though unwritten rules. It is, in that sense, a system. It

Cows are stupid. Almost as brainless as the humans who herd 'em on horseback.

According to the majority view of intelligence researchers, the core of intelligence is 'the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience'.