Intelligence - Quotes & Sayings
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert EinsteinTalent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Michael JordanThe difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert EinsteinIntelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
Stephen HawkingA great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Saul BellowI'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. RooseveltI know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SocratesAn intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Ernest HemingwayTalent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur SchopenhauerYour intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
Roger EbertIntelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador DaliBeing busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Thomas A. EdisonIf everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
George S. PattonWe should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
Tabatha CoffeyPromise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A. A. MilneA 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.
Roy H. WilliamsTo expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Oscar WildeThinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Henry FordCommon sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
Malcolm XThe mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
PlutarchI believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.
Stephen HawkingCommon sense is not so common.
VoltaireAction is the real measure of intelligence.
Napoleon HillAn intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.
Spiro T. AgnewIntellectual passion drives out sensuality.
Leonardo da VinciIntelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Victor HugoAn intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
Albert CamusI'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
Dolly PartonThere are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
Niccolo MachiavelliSome people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
Alan KayEveryone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Georg C. LichtenbergIntelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learning has prepared you for the particular situation.
Jean PiagetThe brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl SaganThere are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.
George OrwellThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Niccolo MachiavelliIf you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Lao TzuNeither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartI won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
William F. Buckley, Jr.Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.
Rajeev SuriFootball is a game about feelings and intelligence.
Jose MourinhoA woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.
Catherine DeneuveBe as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan AldaThe test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott FitzgeraldEducate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.
Alexander Graham BellThe greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Geoffrey ChaucerLeveraging community intelligence and making connections is a key component to being a growth hacker.
Ryan HolidayI thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.
ShakiraIf we wander around as politicians jumping at every shadow and desperately afraid of having our words taken out of context or attacks layered on in an unfair way, I think we're actually doing a disrespect to Canadians, to people's intelligence.
Justin TrudeauI ultimately got into robotics because for me, it was the best way to study intelligence.
Sebastian Thrun