Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost.
—Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) Russian Revolutionary Leader
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
—Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) English Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Academic
In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st American President
Cleverness is not wisdom.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
—Laurence J. Peter (1919–90) Canadian-born American Educator, Author
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.
—John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838–1923) British Political Leader, Writer, Editor, Journalist
When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition.
—John Kerry (b.1943) American Politician, Diplomat
Trust your hunches… Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning! Do not confuse your hunches with wishful thinking. This is the road to disaster.
—Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) American Psychologist, Advice Columnist
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Some people unable to go to school were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
To perceive things in the germ is intelligence
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish Aphorist, Poet
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Author
Talent, taste, wit, good sense are very different things but by no means incompatible. Between good sense and good taste there exists the same difference as between cause and effect, and between wit and talent there is the same proportion as between a whole and its parts.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
—Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American Architect
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
I doubt not that in due time, when the arts are brought to perfection, some means will be found to give a sound head to a man who has none at all.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
—George Bancroft (1800–91) American Historian, Politician
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Satirist
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
—G. H. Hardy (1877–1947) English Mathematician
A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
—Indian Proverb
There’s always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.
—Vaclav Havel (1936–2011) Czech Dramatist, Statesman
The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.
—Robert South (1634–1716) English Theologian, Preacher
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