Quotes About Intelligence

Let us take arms against this sea of stupidities—

Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation—the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

A nation which has people who can think, that nation already has strength. It is the mind which rules, Eustaquio -- not instinct or habit.

Real intelligence in politics, as in science, is the ability to recognize connections that are not necessarily obvious, to see relationships—seeing the interconnectedness of all life, all peoples, and all wars. Real intelligence is the ability to understand that when you unleash a destructive force in one place, it affects all mankind destructively, including those who unleash it.

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can usually see better than he can think! (unknown)

Humans wore skin and clothes— many clothes instead of fur. Would have been smarter to grow fur, but humans were never smart.

You haven't the brains God gave a cow,

Learned fools exceed all fools

I wish one half the world were not fools, and the other half idiots.

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.

Las mujeres suelen pensar con una intuición superior a la inteligencia. Marga

The evening, lacking intelligent relations, crumbles down into the haze of the horizon.)

Stupid people are easy to hire.

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, what is most essential of all, will-stubborn will.

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.

Patachula pone en duda que pueda ser lista una mujer que se haya casado conmigo.

La limitación, tanto de la inteligencia como de la voluntad, hace posible el ejercicio desviado de la libertad, en la elección del mal en cuanto bien aparente;

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it

La inteligencia debe saber reír.

Cuando una persona se configura para expresarse en 140 caracteres, cuando se habitúa al dicterio o al insulto, pierde capacidad para la argumentación, que es la médula del pensamiento.

Possibly people seek nonexistent meanings due to the tendency of "intellectuals" wanting to show themselves as "intelligent.

Las transformaciones no se operan solamente en el cuerpo sino en lo que tenemos dentro, espíritu, alma, inteligencia, sentimiento.