Quotes About Intelligence

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

Recent research by neuroscientists adds a twist here. Evidence exists that the human brain is "hardwired" (genetically programmed) for belief. Whether, if true, this wiring reflects an Intelligence beyond the universe depends on one's worldview. As Lewis states, what we learn from evidence "depends on the kind of philosophy we bring" to the evidence.

Any society must govern according to the plane of intelligence of the more stupid mass of its members. And it must have rules, and those rules must have as few exceptions as possible.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.

Strong on desire but short on smarts, these

Imagine an external intelligence studying the methods by which earth-born creatures of various types adjust themselves to future circumstances. The most primitive method is, I suppose, no more than simple nervous reaction. The most developed method involves reasoned expectation. And between these two extremes our supposed observer would see a long series of intermediate forms melting into one another by insensible gradation.

ASSIOMA DI COLE La somma dell'intelligenza sulla Terra è costante; la popolazione è in aumento.

although the universe itself isn't a conscious entity, it possesses the raw materials that, when properly set into motion, create consciousness. It has the ability to create intelligent life, which is capable of understanding the universe... It can know itself indirectly

Crystallized intelligence, relying as it does on a stock of knowledge, tends to increase with age through one's forties, fifties, and sixties—and does not diminish until quite late in life, if at all.

If you're experiencing decline in fluid intelligence—and if you are my age, you are—it doesn't mean you are washed up. It means it is time to jump off the fluid intelligence curve and onto the crystallized intelligence curve.

There is a falling tide to life, the transition from fluid to crystallized intelligence.

And to face this truth means defeating the fear of your own demise—literal and professional. This fear handcuffs you to your fluid intelligence curve. If you can master it, the reward is incalculable: it will set you free. But the only way to do it is by facing it head-on.

Further, my connection to others makes my jump to the second curve all the more natural and normal. Indeed, the crystallized intelligence curve is predicated on interconnectedness. Without it, my wisdom has no outlet.

My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [Sources and Acknowledgements: Chapter 19]

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. [IRC discussion at Scifi.com, 1 November 1996]

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

"Excellent!" I [Watson] cried."Elementary," said he [Holmes].

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.

I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn't define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her a intelligent, strong and responsible woman.

You need to be aware of the qualities of every striker you face, as I always am, but sometimes you need to be smart and more than 100% ready for anything.