Intelligence Quotes

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something." "If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence." "I would only call someone an idiot if people were mistakenly under the impression that the person was smart." "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer." "Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection." "Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done." "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid" "A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five." "We do not have a system for the finding and publishing of terrorists' weapons, we have an enemy's weapons collection system." "The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." "There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?" "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that" "I have nothing to declare except my genius" "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." "The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life. " "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil" "Pain pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence" "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination" "The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."