Famous Quotes About intelligence

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.