intelligence quotes

“The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form.”

— Albert Einstein

“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.”

— Sir Arthur Clarke

“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting do seem peculiarly past finding out.”

— Jane Austen

“What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”

— Sigmund Freud

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

— Stephen Hawking

“There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. ”

— Victor Hugo

“Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.”

— Victor Hugo

“Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.”

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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

— Immanuel Kant

“George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant.”

— Rush Limbaugh

“Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.”

— Groucho Marx

“Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.”

— Barack Obama

“There 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 Machiavelli

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.”

— Michelle Obama

“We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.”

— Mitt Romney

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”

— Ronald Reagan

“The 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.”

— Francis Scott Fitzgerald

intelligence quotes

“ Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”

“The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.”

“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.”

“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”

“What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”

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

“There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. ”

“For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. ”

“Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.”

“Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.”

“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. ”

“Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.”

“Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.”

“In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should. ”

“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”

“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”

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

“George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant.”

“Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.”

“Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.”

“There 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.”

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

“My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.”

“We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.”

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”

“The 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.”