Intelligence Quotes - Page 5

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based upon faith, you will realize that argument is useless, and will therefore resort to force either in the form of persecution or by stunting or distorting the minds of the young in what is called 'education.'

The color of truth is gray.

Knowledge is telling the past. Wisdom is predicting the future.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in the case of prayer.

When you fool a fool you strike a blow for intelligence.

For every studen with a spark of brilliance, there are about ten with ignition trouble.

An artist is a person who has invented an artist.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely varying the manufacture.

Education is understanding relationships.