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Quotes About Intelligence

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
~ Victor Hugo
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
~ Charles Darwin
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.
~ Franz Boas
We didn't take Charlize Theron seriously until she did 'Monster' and became physically ugly. I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful.
~ Amber Heard
As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.
~ Catharine Beecher
In addition to being gifted athletically and being the strongest guy in the room, Cesaro is very smart upstairs. He can go in the back and wrestle a match out in his head, then he'll add his Cesaro-isms in the ring to really make the match special. He knows exactly where to put things and make a match explosive.
~ Jake Hager
I feel like, for me, I've become smarter. I've become a more intelligent wrestler. I've become a more intelligent performer, and I think that shows.
~ Seth Rollins
I'm lucky that my best strength as a wrestler has always been my brain.
~ Kenny Omega
Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot of what we do out there is real, but we're not going to insult anyone's intelligence - there is a predetermined winner. It's just the fans don't know who it is, and that's what makes it so intriguing.
~ Kurt Angle
That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by 'Monty Python,' too, which would have philosophers in a wrestling match.
~ Joe Flaherty
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
~ Alan Kay
I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever.
~ Brian Celio
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
~ H. L. Mencken
When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.
~ Paulo Coelho
Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak, to write, to publish, are things, so far as the right is concerned, absolutely identical. They are the ever-enlarging circles of intelligence in action; they are the sonorous waves of thought.
~ Victor Hugo
I read a lot, I write a lot, and I have conversations with people I think are intelligent and wise.
~ Montaigne
Every writer with half a brain knows to surround himself or herself with editors who are smarter, far more articulate, and infinitely better looking.
~ Chris Claremont
I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.
~ Christian Bale
Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about.
~ Bernadette Peters
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
I just like to think about what I'm reading. Don't you?" "I don't read very well. So I don't think I think very well either." Galinda smiled. "I dress to kill, though.
~ Gregory Maguire
Those born dull remain dull
~ Gregory Maguire