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Quotes About Intelligence

Take the operation, Gabriel—for Hannah Weinberg, if for no other reason. Get inside the network. Find out who Saladin really is and where he's operating. And then put him down before another bomb explodes." Gabriel
~ Daniel Silva
In the Middle East, people of discretion are either spies or terrorists. - Nadia al-Bakari
~ Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva
~ Excellency.
And once, during an Oval Office meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador to Washington, Trump divulged highly classified intelligence supplied by a close ally in the Middle East—intelligence that was so sensitive it was not shared widely within the US government. That Middle Eastern ally was Israel, and the breach reportedly put at risk an operation that had given Israeli intelligence a window on the inner workings of the Islamic State in Syria.
~ Daniel Silva
Sun-tzu wrote that all warfare is based on deception. He preached that every battle is won or lost before it's ever fought.
~ Daniel Silva
The Dar al-Jawasis. The House of Spies.
~ Daniel Silva
A proper cover was like a shield. The typical undercover Office field agent spent far more time maintaining his cover than actually gathering intelligence. Cover, they told her, was everything. During
~ Daniel Silva
By way of deception, thou shalt do war. —Motto of the Mossad
~ Daniel Silva
American presidents come and go, but we spies ensure. – Ari Shamron
~ Daniel Silva
I can be whoever you want me to be: CIA, FBI, DIA, an agency so fucking secret you've never heard of it before." -Gabriel Allon
~ Daniel Silva
The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on those experiences.
~ Daniel Tammet
no existe persona inteligente a la que el azar le ha negado un día de gloria en un ínfimo reino,
~ Daniel Torres
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.
~ Dante Alighieri
The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of the will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.
~ Dante Alighieri
El hecho de que las medusas hayan sobrevivido seiscientos cincuenta años sin cerebro, es una gran noticia para algunos varones, incluyendo a tu novio. —¡Ay! No seas tan malo.
~ Dante Gebel
Why are children so much smarter than adults?
~ Dara Horn
Someone once said, "Those who don't read are no better off than those who can't read." How true.
~ Darlien C. Breeze
Just to clear the air, let's note first of all that whatever an intelligence test measures it is not quite the same thing as we usually mean by intelligence. It neglects such important things as leadership and creative imagination. It takes no account of social judgement or musical or artistic or other aptitudes, to say nothing of such personality matters as diligence and emotional balance.
~ Darrell Huff
Education validates your intelligence giving rise to justification and acceptance in society.
~ Darrell Urban Black
Genius has its limitations. Insanity, not so much.
~ Darynda Jones
Officer knight is tough but not smart! And greg the dog is smart but his body is his weakness! Well what if they work together? Oh that might be a problem!
~ Dav Pilkey
Men are physically stronger than women, but they are rarely more ruthless or as effective at gathering information.
~ Dave Duncan
Faith was praiseworthy, but should be seasoned with intelligence.
~ Dave Duncan
Intelligence shows itself not so much in always having the right answers but in being able to ask the right questions.
~ Dave Meier