Quotes About Intelligence

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

It is important to remember that, in strictness, there is no such thing as an uneducated man.

To speak French does not mean wits.

Few people have an entirely neutral attitude toward advertising. The business by its very nature compels interest and this interest speedily drives one either into bitter enmity or violent championship... It is a grave question whether a correct appraisement of advertising as a factor in modern business has been retarded more by ignorant denunciation or by ignorant championship. One of the great needs of the advertising business is that the universal interest in it should be more intelligent.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

Iz iskustva je znao kako štetni, i po društvo i pojedinca opasni mogu biti ljudi koji zbog svoje ograni?enosti neograni?eno veruju u svoju pamet i pronicjivost i u ta?nost svakog svog suda i zaklju?ka.

Funny, he wasn't handsome, not in a Mr. Perfect kind of way, at least. The guy had a nose that had clearly been busted once or three times, and his hazel eyes were too shrewd and too exhausted to be classified as attractive. But he was like a cocked gun: He has a steely intelligence and a dangerous power about him that you respected. Because the combination was a flat-out killer, literally

A nice-looking boy pays attention, says the right things, looks at you just a certain way. You're not smart anymore.

People, she thought, could be unbelievably stupid.

But you're smarter than even he thinks he is. She paused, thought that through. If you get me. Aren't we full of compliments tonight? I'll have to bang you against the wall more often.

A thin snow started to spit out of grumpy gray skies. Which meant, Eve knew, that at least fifty percent of the drivers currently on the road would lose a minimum of one-third of their intelligence quotient, any skill they'd previously held at operating a vehicle thereby turning what had been the standard annoying traffic into mayhem.

Eve supposed everything about Nadine looked mag, from her sweep of streaky blonde hair to the toes of her jazzed shoes. She had a foxy, angular face, observant green eyes, and a slim body that curved appropriately in her on-camera suit of power red. She was smart, she was sneaky, she was cynical. And for reasons Eve imagined neither of them fully understood, they'd become friends.

Jeez. Okay, okay, sorry I jumped on you. I'm a little tense. Would you tell me, since you're so brave and strong and smart, how you know this is the source?

Lunatics are, unfortunately, rarely stupid.

I got a weakness for the sizzle, and the smarts. I don't care what chromosomes somebody's got, I just go for sizzle or smarts. Somebody's got both? I'm a goner.

I'm not stupid." No, Eve thought, you redefine the word.

Everyone likes everybody and Pettibone is the original nice guy." "Wife's a dink," Peabody offered. "The dink was still smart enough to hook a rich husband.

Comes off like she's got the mental capacity of broccoli

Lo que él quiere saber es qué tienen que ver las estrellas con los números, qué tienen que ver los números con la música y cómo puede una persona inteligente como Juan Sebastián Arroyo hablar de estrellas, números y música en una misma frase.

No somos estúpidos. Si necesitásemos que nos salvaran, ya nos habríamos salvado a nosotros mismos. No, no somos nosotros los estúpidos, sino sus agudos razonamientos, que solo le proporcionan respuestas equivocadas.

Have I mentioned you are the hottest geek I've ever known ?