Intelligence Quotes

"The main functions of intelligence are: to invent solutions where there are none, to create orders where it is chaos, to simplify where it is complexity, to establish connectedness where things are otherwise disconnected" "Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do" "Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools." "The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything" "I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world." "I will write for a few more years to see if I can beat this. Literature gives the reader a second chance at life. Life is writing. The most difficult thing for a political leader is getting intelligent people to do stupid things. When you believe in a cause, nothing is impossible." "For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons." "It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value." "Where wisdom reigns there is no conflict between thinking and feeling" "The best proof of extraterrestrial intelligence is that they haven't contacted us" "In the societal arena, one who has skills and use them intelligently is more likely to be chosen than one who has none and can envision none." "Love is wiser than wisdom." "There is no sin except stupidity" "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt." "The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."