Quotes About Intelligence

Not stupid. Overly trusting, maybe, but that reflects on his lack of trustworthiness, not on your intelligence.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in All. Spirit is immortal Truth; Matter is mortal error

How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?

Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

Sometimes the truth is stupid.

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

I think... girls have a hard time being interesting. It's actually easier to be famous, or notorious, than it is to be interesting. In our world, girls climb very well until they hit puberty-sexual maturity-and then they begin to fall out of the tree. They start role-playing instead of thinking, flirting instead of learning. They start admiring how smart the boys are-or how athletic or how handsome-instead of concentrating on their own intelligence.

Alcohol does not make a smarter individual.

You can't fix stupid but you can arrest stupid.

Intelligent women make the mistake of assuming that if they hold a higher degree, they can hold their own in a political debate, and they have a good understanding of mid-caps

Thieves, spies and other wise guys are working everywhere…including in branches of the U.S. government.

The success of my rule does not rely on my ability to recite obscure Latin verse.

There was no idiocy bigger than that committed by a man who believed himself the cleverest creature under the sun.

Though I suppose it's better to marry an idiot than someone who thinks you're an idiot.

Well, I always enjoy a case more once witnesses start quoting Shakespeare, don't you?

Miss Holmes smiled. She had dimples. Of course she did—the Good Lord went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that one of the finest minds in existence was housed in a body least likely to be suspected of it.

The woman was a holy terror: the sweetest face, the pillowiest bosom, and a perspicacity that stripped a man naked in seconds.

I will have you know that I have the brightest mind and the keenest wit. Why, people are often astounded by the perspicacity of my discourse and the subtlety of my insight!" He