Quotes About Intelligence

I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.

I look for kindness, honestly, integrity, intelligence, humor and good values, and of course, a fun, loving guy! And yes, I believe he exists!

The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department of Defense or the CIA.

When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things.

As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around.

I just think knowledge makes the world go 'round, man. So, if that makes me a geek, then cool.

If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.

It would be great to have every engineer have at least some amount of knowledge of machine learning.

Exams are not very hard. People find them hard because they don't work - it's just a matter of labour. Once you actually start doing it, it's like cracking eggs. You don't need to be smart. As everything is in life, it's about concentration.

Geniuses are not always pleasant people.

Although this book focuses on increasing your financial intelligence in business, you can also apply what you'll learn in your personal life.

It might surprise you to know that, for the most part, finance involves addition and subtraction. When finance people get really fancy, they multiply and divide. We never have to take the second derivative of a function or determine the area under a curve (sorry, engineers). So have no fear: the math is easy. And calculators are cheap. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to be financially intelligent.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to be financially intelligent.

If you boost your financial intelligence, moreover, you will very likely stand out from the crowd.

Fools fight; winners think.

Alejandro, who thought he was a wit. And he was, if you put a "nit" in front of it

If I'm right -- and I know that you know I right -- I'm not going to continue going back and forth with you about it. Why should I waste time arguing with idiots?

Great men are not always idiots

He breaks off and looks at Ryodan. "I think we better show her. Telling her doesn't seem to be working. I thought you said she was smart." "I took Barrons's word for it." "Apparently he was misinformed," Dancer says.

Brutality is the refuge of the dull of mind, ka-lyrra . Only a fool conquers when he might instead seduce. ~Adam Black to Gabrielle O'Callaghan

Any man who reads is a fine one.

It's not what Ryodan does," Jo says slowly. "It's more what he is." Her eyes take on a serious sheen. "He's like, unbelievably brilliant, ten steps ahead of everyone else all the time." Bullshit. He's not that smart. I beat him at Triad. Once. About ten thousand years ago.

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond Ã¢â'¬Â¦

Emotion apparently made fools of even geniuses.