Quotes About Intelligence

It was clear to me that both were intelligent, kind people, but careless with each other's feelings, and poles apart in temperament. I liked both immensely; I hated their way together.

Just because we are dead does not make us smart.

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

Ehud was tall and strong and was always quiet. Lots of people thought that Ehud was quiet because he was stupid. That wasn't true. He may not have been the smartest kid on the block, but he was no moron either.

To succeed as a business problem solver, you must choose your team carefully, getting the best mix of people from the resources you have available. McKinsey benefits from a global pool of talented, intelligent individuals whose strengths and weaknesses the Firm tracks closely. Even with this advantage, EMs and EDs must learn the art of team selection. Their experiences can help you, even if you can't call on the same level of resources.

every habit contains a kind of protective intelligence, a wisdom that somehow got frozen in a bygone time.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

Intelligence seems not to originate from some outlandish formula, but rather from the patient, almost brute force use of simple, straightforward algorithms. It

What we lack in knowledge, we make up for in data. We

Love? Yes, God loves us. But his love is passionate and seeks faithful, committed love in return. God does not want tame pets to fondle and feed; he wants mature, free people who will respond to him in authentic individuality. For that to happen there must be honesty and truth. The self must be toppled from its pedestal. There must be pure hearts and clear intelligence, confession of sin and commitment in faith.

People who don't read are brutes.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

One of the most frightening things about children, in my experience, is their intelligence. They inevitably know more than we suspect them of knowing. They appraise us with devastating accuracy. And they are aware of injustices we have learned to ignore.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Wisdom-loving" translates philosophos. (If I dared, I'd translate it "wannabe-wise" as opposed to sophos, "having smarts," skillful.)

So I imagine that the soul is in one aspect a pervasive, transformable matter and in another a particular, personal intelligence; it is envelopingly cosmic and individually human. (pp. 134-135).

A woman should love with her mind. Let men love with their hearts.

I'm afraid I'm not very clever." Sir Aubrey looked shocked. "Good heavens, boy, I should hope not! The Taverners have never been bookish. Except your poor father, and look what happened to him.

one of the most important things to me is that my children and grandchildren are curious. Because, if you're not curious, you're not smart.

She is an achieving woman without an edge. She is good-looking without being alienatingly beautiful and bright without being alarmingly intellectual,' wrote McGrory.

It's common for information previously considered unclassified to be upgraded to classified before being publicly released.

CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces deployed around the world.

We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.