Quotes About Intelligence

Only fools accept the obvious and go no further; use your brain, Jilly.

if wisdom was easy any fool would be able to do it.

Many complain of their looks, few of their brains.

O the shame of it, the humiliating shame of being condescended to by dolts

Among geniuses intelligence loses its currency; they vie with each other at cooking or sex. So with immortals. When age becomes a constant, it becomes irrelevant.

Anyway, she wrote, it's good to learn that over there is not so very unlike over here , and that human intelligence and human stupidity, as well as human nature, the best and worst of it, are the great constants in the changing world.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

The long-term value of amplifying the intelligence of people is a lot more important than betting on sports.

Battles are not won by strength alone!

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.

Sensitivity is a sign of strength. It's not about toughening up, it's about smartening up.

We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.

There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.

My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.

the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this one) poetry.

The strong are so stupid.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

It is not propaganda's task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.