Quotes About Intelligence

Truly that aspect of cunning is illustrious and far removed from all reproach, whose deeds are called by the Greek expression strategemata, because they can scarcely be suitably expressed by a (single Latin) term.

qué general había enviado jamás por delante a una banda de música con órdenes de notificar al enemigo que cierto día iba a comenzar el ataque».

Even where men's conceptions are sound and reasonable, where by their own creative power and their discernment of actuality they correspond to things, actuality in its capacity as Luck, will behave in an unreasonable way, as Pericles says, and overturn conceptions of the greatest nobility and intelligence.

Y si bien la fuerza física puede ser derrotada por una fuerza superior, la m?tis puede derrotar a cualquier fuerza.

Desde el principio de los tiempos, el éxito fue el resultado del uso de la inteligencia en la misma medida que del uso de la fuerza, y siempre fue más inteligente conseguir que otros te ayuden a derrotar a un oponente más fuerte.

It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up.

Play is fun, but is also meaningful and complex. The more intelligent the animal, the more it plays.

You aren't too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun.

Sterren realized he would have to rely on his wits -- and those wits were good enough that he knew he would rather not have to rely on them.

Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

The good pupils are often brilliant, and they keep you on your toes and take you to the limits of your knowledge. The worst pupils provide a unique insight into the criminal mind.

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution.

Miriam Rothschild's cousin Ewen Montagu had helped run Operation Mincemeat, which in April 1943 used the staged death of a British officer—complete with false identification and intelligence documents—to convince the Germans that the Allies were planning to invade Greece.)

Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify.

A confrontation with divinity, your own higher intelligence, is going to change you, and some people don't want change. They should be warned that if you come into this temple, you're going to face blazing activation of your brain. You're never going to be the same.

Extraterrestrial intelligence could have sent DNA-seed packets out through space to plant life on hospitable planets such as earth.

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply!

I know I'm smarter than an armadillo

I like that you're confident but not overconfident," Duncan said. "Smart people are the ones who know how stupid they are.

Cross knew from reading the intelligence reports on her that in her private life she liked a more visceral experience, one that would make Christian Grey or the Marquis de Sade cower.

spent most of her ten-year military career at a keyboard, directing drone strikes against terrorists. She'd killed more people from the comfort of a Herman Miller chair, with a Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte in one hand, than most soldiers

got news for you, honey," Margo said. "This is the United States you're talking about, not China or Russia. Our intelligence agencies don't undermine our elected officials or our democracy.