All 78,476 Quotes


It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
Alfred North Whitehead on intelligence

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison on intelligence

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
William Ellery Channing on intelligence

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.
Sophia Bush on intelligence

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Thomas a Kempis on intelligence

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
Arlen Specter on intelligence

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.
Rebecca West on intelligence

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.
Grover Cleveland on intelligence

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Henry Adams on intelligence

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
Henry Adams on intelligence

We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
Betty Dodson on intelligence

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.
Theodore White on intelligence

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.
James Lovelock on intelligence

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.
Holly Near on intelligence

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.
Roberto Cavalli on intelligence

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.
John McCarthy on intelligence

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.
Thomas Moore on intelligence

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.
Dick Cheney on intelligence

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
Lewis Mumford on intelligence

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.
Daniel Goleman on intelligence