Quotes About Intelligence

Miss Silver's fire. 'Of course

Instead of walling off a conversation and saying you'd rather talk about something else, you bring in a deeper and more comprehensive level of analysis. This highlights your intelligence, but it also highlights your emotional engagement.

Knowledge is dangerous.

Smart boys make useless men.

A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not." "An army is," I say. "Only if it has a general for a brain.

My parents believed that baby talk and avoiding topics was almost child abuse. That you'd end up raising swaddled little morons to send out into the world to be eaten alive. I preferred it when adults expected me to teach up to them rather than always leaning down to me.

I am very clever. I am sure and could figure it out and shazam! Tomasz saves the world again.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

Na sua vida, nunca conhecera uma prostituta tão bem-educada. Não condizia, ser puta e ao mesmo tempo saber tanto.

Richard was a smart guy, with lousy judgment.

For such a brainy guy, Richard was able to sustain an impressive degree of emotional and cognitive detachment from reality.

Conventional wisdom had it that every handler wants a highly placed source.

No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!

Una persona inteligente e irreflexiva es una de las cosas más aterradoras que existen.

La gentileza es el lujo de los sabios.

Para parecer inteligente tienes que saber cerrar la boca cuando conviene.

Es un asno muy culto, se le nota el porte! ¡Y por un penique de cobre te dejará que lo montes!

La sabiduría excluye la audacia... Por eso los buhos no son buenos héroes.

Eres inteligente, y encantador, y un mentiroso. Sé que puedes doblegar al mundo con tus palabras. Y por eso no te escucharé.

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness.

Because you are too eager to be properly patient," he said flippantly. "You're too proud to listen properly. And you're too clever by half. That's the worst of it.

A clever thoughtless person is one of the most terrifying things there is".

I knew from my previous discussions with Ben that you needed money or brains to get into the University. The more of one you had, the less of the other you needed.

Porque eres demasiado entusiasta para tener la paciencia necesario -me contestó con ligereza-. Eres demasiado orgulloso para escuchar como es debido. Y eres demasiado listo. Eso es lo peor