Quotes About Intelligence

Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.

Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.

The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

As history unfolds, as cultures evolve, of course the intelligences which they value change.

Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.

As the plot of 'Condor' unfolds, you'll understand that nothing is sacred in the pharmacy world or in the behind-the-scenes workings of the CIA and FBI.

Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not to rely on it.

The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.

There is an unfortunate side effect of being a person of few words: Sometimes people will assume you are less intelligent than you are.

Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . .

Everywhere we see shadowy minds, cloudy brains! World needs more light of wisdom!

In the space age the most important space is between the ears.

Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki

The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things.

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

The first mark of intelligence, to be sure, is not to start things; the second mark of intelligence is to pursue to the end what you have started.

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Every increase in knowledge requires an increase in wisdom

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.