Quotes about Intelligence

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."

"A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether."

"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason."

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."

"Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect."

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

"Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked."

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."

"Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day."

"An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things."

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."

"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."

"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary."

"You have to be smart. The easy days are over."

"The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more."

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."

"Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are."

"The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it."

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"People are smarter than you might think."

"Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. -Jean"

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"

"Belief is the death of intelligence."