Intelligence Quotes

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

Wit is educated insolence.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

Genius is independent of situation.

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Being 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.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Neither 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.

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.

Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.