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Quotes About Intelligence

She was intelligent, but her intelligence didn't get in her way of her enthusiasm
~ Gabrielle Zevin
She was pretty and smart, which makes her death a tragedy.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Bah! Books are for nerds.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
A.J. kisses his daughter on the forehead. He is delighted to have produced such a fantastic nerd.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Leastwise, if I live with her, I finally be the smartest person in the house.
~ Gail Giles
With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.
~ Galileo Galilei
Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
~ Gallagher
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.
~ Gamal Abdel Nasser
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them we are missing.
~ Gamel Abdel Nasser
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves, which leave us to wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them that we are missing.
~ Gamel Abdel Nasser
Te bastará con familiarizarte con la naturaleza y ella se acercará a ti. El hombre, si es inteligente, por supuesto, es capaz de crearlo todo, desde las calumnias hasta los bebés probeta, pero al mismo tiempo extermina a diario dos o tres especies en el mundo. Este es el gran autoengaño de los hombres.
~ Gao Xingjian
This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.
~ Gao Xingjian
Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.
~ Gao Xingjian
Geeky people often have. . . . a mind with its own heartbeat.
~ Garret Freymann-Weyr
Not that there's anything wrong with geeky," Link says before Dad has a chance to. Geeky is one of Dad's favorite words, and I listen with glee to my brother's imitation of our father: "Geeky people often have that which is most valuable in this life." Link pauses here for effect, so that James and I can join in, shouting Dad's favorite phrase, "A mind with its own heartbeat.
~ Garret Freymann-Weyr
Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.
~ Garrison Keillor
When in doubt, look intelligent.
~ Garrison Keillor
Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.
~ Garrison Keillor
I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.
~ Garson Kanin
Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.
~ Garth Stein
You know," he said, "at some point you're going to realize that being a smart-ass isn't as much about being smart as it is about being an ass." "That's good," I said. "Did you read that in a fortune cookie?
~ Garth Stein
You know, he said, at some point you're going to realize that being a smart-ass isn't about being smart as it is about being an ass.
~ Garth Stein
You know," he said, "at some point you're going to realize that being a smart-ass isn't as much about being smart as it is about being an ass.
~ Garth Stein
I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.
~ Gary Coleman