Famous Quotes About intelligence

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

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

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

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

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.