Quotes About Intelligence

Typical case, educated way, way beyond her IQ, with ambition stronger than ability. She's just another cause fascist, son, and that's the worst kind; they always know they're right. Anyone who dissents for whatever reason is evil and an enemy, existing only to be crushed.

Ian kept his brain in his dick

They know what we're planning, and we know what they're planning. But they don't know we know.

You are so much smarter than me, aren't you?" "No. I just think things through quicker, that's all." "If that's not a definition of smart, I don't know what is.

knowledge is a true power in any society

I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.

Mischief and craft are plainly seen to be characteristics of this creature. —Claudius Aelianus, third century A.D., writing about the octopus

If we want to understand other minds, the minds of cephalopods are the most other of all.

octopuses, far more than rats and pigeons, have their own ideas:

What is the point of building a large nervous system if your life is over in a year or two? The machinery of intelligence is expensive, both to build and to run.

Cephalopods are evolution's only experiment in big brains outside of the vertebrates.

This is probably the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien.

Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights

The child had wanted attention. She had just asked to be noticed. But she was given an assessment. 'What a clever girl!

So the [Binet-Simon]test results were always related to time. Thereby producing a new figure -- a measurement of intelligence. A calculated figure,and hence quite objective, All the psychologist had done was to let the children read and answer the questions, record them on a tape, note the times, double-check the figures and refer to the evaluation table. Everything clear and obvious. So that the result was, by and large, exempt from human uncertainty. Almost scientific.

For instance, was it wise for Tony Abbott to announce to the House that the federal police had set up counter-terrorism units to intercept would-be jihadis at Sydney and Melbourne airports and that other airports would follow later? Or was it a premature disclosure that tipped off terrorists to escape detection by using Brisbane or Adelaide instead?

Stupid people often say the smartest things.

The implacability and violence of nature always awed him. That it could be entirely heedless and yet so beautiful. That awed him. But also its intricate intelligence. Its balancings. Its quiet compensations. It was like some unnamed justice permeated everything. He would not go further than that. Still, the workings of nature made the voracious, self-satiating intelligence of humans seem of the lowest order, not the highest.

No shit," Jack murmured. He was truly awed and relieved. The implacability and violence of nature always awed him. That it could be entirely heedless and yet so beautiful. That awed him. But also its intricate intelligence. Its balancings. Its quiet compensations. It was like some unnamed justice permeated everything. He would not go further than that. Still, the workings of nature made the voracious, self-satiating intelligence of humans seem of the lowest order, not the highest.

Er war ein kluger Kopf, mit einem astronomisch hohen IQ. Aber ein hoher IQ macht einen nicht automatisch zu einem tollen Menschen, nicht einmal zu einem guten. Es bedeutet lediglich, dass man sich allen möglichen Scheiß ausdenken kann, zu dem andere nicht fähig sind.

He had learned over the years that it was wise to ignore suggestions. Most suggestions came from idiots. Intelligent people kept their thoughts to themselves.

Cardozo had fought with distinction in the First World War, after which he joined the staff of the Continental Daily Mail. Brisk, tough and highly intelligent he was a great war correspondent, in the tradition of Walter Harris, Bennett Burghleigh, Gwynne and other illustrious names of the Balkan and Moroccan wars; he was also one of the kindest-hearted men I have ever

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253.

His name was Nabal, and his wifeís name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.