“It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.”
Topic
intelligence
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“A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.”
“The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.”
“I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.”
“If little else, the brain is an educational toy.”
“People are smarter than you might think.”
“There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.”
“It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.”
“Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.”
“Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.”
“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.”
“When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.”
“Remember to be as smart as you are.”
“Intelligence is not a science.”
“Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.”
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
“Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.”
“I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.”
“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you p--n your intelligence to buy a drink.”
“Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.”
“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
“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 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.”
“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.”