Quotes About Intelligence

The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.

Of good natural parts, and of a liberal education.

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

It is not the hand but the understanding of a man that may be said to write.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid-in which case all comment is superfluous-or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

That which the fascists hate, above all else, is intelligence.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what they're talking about.

So people take intelligence very seriously, because the mental ability we call by that name can be measured by tests; whereas few bother about how sensitive, altruistic, or helpful someone is, because as yet there is no good way to measure such qualities.

person also needs access to a domain. This depends to a great extent on luck. Being born to an affluent family, or close to good schools, mentors, and coaches obviously is a great advantage. It does no good to be extremely intelligent and curious if I cannot learn what it takes to operate in a given symbolic system.

Thank God for talking animals, I say-especially smart assed ones.

But as I had learned earlier, the trick was not to figure out how not to be stupid, the trick was to be smart instead.

Like you, I honestly believe Knowledge Is Powerful and your learning NEVER stops.

That there's an ever-present, yet sometimes imperceptible, benign intelligence that pervades the enormous vastness of reality, from the center of the earth to the farthest reaches of space, yet given the immeasurable scope and seemingly impossible magnificence of just what we can detect, it's safe to say that everything has a reason, there have been no mistakes, love makes everything better, and what doesn't make sense yet one day will.

Contrary to what your physical senses show you, every death is the product of great order, healing, love, and myriad other considerations that are cleverly orchestrated by the highest intelligence within you.

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.

I think that animals aren't less intelligent than humans, they're just of a different intelligence. We have five million smell-sensitive cells in our nose, they have two hundred and fifty million - they can smell emotion. They can smell different types of emotion, they just have another type of intelligence.

The heart speaks in feelings, which can be more pure. Trust the heart; it has its own intelligence.

21–23: Nerd.

Comedy, like composting, involves smart recycling.

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

I'm the chairman of the intelligence committee. We don't only get formal briefings, but we collect our information from the intelligence community in a variety of ways.