Famous Quotes About intelligence

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

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

Common sense is not so common.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

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.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

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