Quotes About Intelligence

Surely," he said, "you don't doubt Samuel Rain's genius. Are you a monkey?

Only the stupid regret choices. The smart learn to adapt.

You do realize she's over two thousand five hundred years old, speaks at least a hundred languages, and has such a depth of knowledge the Cadre comes to her for advice and information?" Galen had no doubt all of that was true. "I don't intend to get into an intelligence contest with her.

Assumptions are the enemy of coherence," Sharine said. In other words, You're an idiot.

Naasir was strong and fast and highly intelligent, but he was currently trapped in the heart of enemy territory, and that enemy did not fight according to any known rules of war.

Only stupidity excuses ignorance.

It's funny how really smart people have the most unusual holes in their worldview and perception.

Education doesn't keep a person from being a fool, and the lack of it doesn't keep a person from being intelligent.

Reía como si yo acabara de decir algo increíblemente inteligente que la hacía burbujear de alegría.

You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent.

I saw your intelligence, and I was intrigued. I saw your humor, and I was charmed. I saw your soul, and it was beautiful. I'm in love with you, Mary Bennet.

Zelda was a creature who overflowed with activity, radiant with desire to take from life every chance her charm, youth, and intelligence provided so abundantly.

The reason we are justified in trusting our minds is that God designed them to "fit" the world he created.

the highest among us aren't always the wisest,

une science indigeste?

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.