Quotes About Intelligence

Are you an idiot?' she asked, in perfect Spanish. 'I'm in training,' I admitted.

What makes the athlete, or the artist, is the work, the vocation, and the technique. The intelligence you are born with is just ammunition. To achieve something with it you need to transform your mind into a high-precision weapon.

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe», le había dicho.

You believe what it's possible to believe, not what you want to believe. Unless you're an idiot, in which case it's the other way around.

Guardi, Daniel, le donne, con rare eccezioni, quali la sua vicina Merceditas, sono più intelligenti di noi o, perlomeno, più sincere con se stesse rispetto a ciò che vogliono. Che poi te lo facciano sapere è un altro paio di maniche. La femmina, Daniel, è un enigma della natura. E' una babele, un labirinto. Se le lascia il tempo di pensare, non ha più scampo. [...]

Todo lo que le sobraba de inteligencia le faltaba de sentido práctico. Su interés en el mundo real se concentraba en aspectos como la sincronía de los semáforos de la Gran Vía, los misterios de las fuentes luminosas de Montjuïc o los autómatas del parque de atracciones del Tibidabo.

La malvagità presuppone un certo spessore morale, forza di volontà e intelligenza. L'idiota invece non si sofferma a ragionare, obbidisce all'istinto, come un animale nella stalla, convinto di agire in nome del bene e di avere sempre ragione.

Don't be ashamed of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. I read that in a book.

Parlare è da stupidi, tacere è da codardi, ascoltare è da saggi.

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe»

Corazon caliente, mente fria. EL codigo del seductor

The eloquence of an explanation," he had told her, "is directly proportional to the intelligence of the person expressing it, in the same way as its credibility is proportional to the stupidity of the person listening to it.

Te has dado cuenta de que cuanto más inteligentes son los móviles, más tonta se vuelve la gente?

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe.

His intelligence was matched with his lack of practicality.

we can have a minute's silence.' 'That won't be necessary.' 'Of course not. It's only necessary when one has nothing valid to say. Silence makes even idiots seem wise for a minute.

There are no modest books, only arrogant ignorance.

Al que no aprende idiomas el cerebro se le convierte en purée de coliflor.

Al que no aprende idiomas el cerebro se le convierte en puré de coliflor.

Ah, but is it not the mind that is the real grace of Homo sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things to read and appreciate! All the arts! All the things of the spirit!

If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the University and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.

Anthropologist and teacher Margaret Mead said in Redbook magazine in 1963, "If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the University and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.

The Goddess is the intelligent embodied love that is in all being.