Quotes About Intelligence

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!

You're one third bad intentions, one third pure avarice, and one eighth sawdust. What's left, I'll credit, must be brains.

That would be just dandy. All we'd have to do is sit back and wait for them to wipe each other out. But that doesn't explain the message written in blood. That's the mark of a seriously deranged mind. An intelligent mind, but one without a conscience.

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Intelligent people are always the best encyclopaedia.

It is the most foolish of all errors for young people of good intelligence to imagine that they will forfeit their originality if they acknowledge truth already acknowledged by others.

AUTHOR: Who writes anything good these days, Or reads with moderate intelligence! And what the dear young folk all praise, [4090] I've never seen such stupid nonsense.

lo que se toma por inteligencia suele ser vanidad y tontería.

Mefistófeles: Sexo desgraçado, sempre na ilusão! Seduzidos sempre, desde o pai Adão! Velhos ficam todos - mas inteligentes? Não caíste ainda em logros bastantes?

Is it Mind that works and creates what's ours?

L'uomo è uomo, e quel briciolo d'intelligenza che uno può avere entra poco o nulla in gioco, quando la passione infuria e i limiti dell'umano gli si stringono intorno opprimendolo.

Vedi, io non riesco a capacitarmi che il genere umano abbia così poco cervello da rendersi ridicolo in modo tanto volgare.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

Agli stupidi non capita mai di pensare che il merito e la buona sorte sono strettamente correlati.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame." "?? ???? ?????????? ????? ??????? ???, ??? ?????" (in Russian)

An intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous.

And I keep telling Stefan I'm not stupid

We believe our history books. In fact, many millions of people still cling to the thoroughly discredited religious belief that mankind is only four thousand years old. Science labors to ignore the mounting evidence that we may not be the only intelligent life form on this planet.

Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.

My body and all its organs were created by the infinite intelligence in my subconscious mind. It knows how to heal me. Its wisdom created all my organs, tissues, bones, and muscles. This infinite healing presence within me is now transforming every atom of my being, making me whole and perfect. I give thanks for the healing I know is taking place now. Wonderful are the works of the creative intelligence within me! I am now perfectly healthy.

People are smarter than you might think.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

I'm good at tailing people. I was an intelligence officer during World War I. My code name was the Crab." - Roderick Childermass

The joint realization that we live in a remarkable cosmic cocoon and can create languages and rocket ships in an otherwise apparently dumb universe ought to be transformative. Until we find other self-aware intelligences, we are how the universe thinks. We might as well start enjoying one another's company.