Quotes About Intelligence

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

Genius lasts longer than beauty

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

this woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities

MRS ALLONBY I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk. HESTER I think the stupid people talk a great deal. MRS ALLONBY Ah, I never listen!

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man's intelligence.

There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering steps of kings. It is better not to be different from one's fellows. The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.

To look wise is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

Genius is lonely.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

He answered, How dare I look as high as Hui? When Hui hears one thing, he understands ten; when I hear one thing I understand two.

An intelligent lady, a little too mature for recklessness, a little too young for caution.

Oh, it'll definitely fool the Germans, Cess said. There's no clearer proof that there's an army in the area than beer bottles and used condoms.

La inteligencia es fría. La emoción es cálida.

Por lo general el exceso de sentimiento prueba que hay falla de desarrollo de la inteligencia

There's two kinds of people that dont ask a lot of questions. One is too dumb to and the other dont need to.

Housecats is smart too. Smarter'n a dog or a mule. Folks thinks they ain't on account of you cain't learn em nothin, but what it is is that they won't learn nothin. They too smart.

There's two kinds of people that dont ask a lot of questions. One is too dumb to and the other dont need to.