Intelligence
There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.
Author: Edgar DegasTopics: Famous, Intelligence
Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
Author: Victor HugoTopics: Erection, Exercise, Imagination, Intelligence, Reason
I’ve had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I’ve had jokes stolen from me in the club when I’m next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I’ll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
Author: J. B. SmooveTopics: Club, Creating Momentum, Famous, Intelligence, Jokes, Multi-Talented, Stage, Stolen, Thousand, Times
The more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that our age has been fruitful of new social evils. The truth is that the evils are, with scarcely an exception, old. That which is new is the intelligence which discerns and the humanity which remedies them
Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayTopics: Examined, Famous, Feelings, History, Humanity, Imagine, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful, Reason, Truth
If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.
Author: Rainer Maria RilkeTopics: Intelligence, Rooted, Surrendered, Trees
The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Education, Famous, Freedom, Intelligence, Knowledge, Liberty, Media, Science
White Fang was glad to acknowledge his lordship, but it was lordship based upon superior intelligence and brute strength… There were deeps in his nature which had never been sounded. A kind word, a caressing touch of the hand, on the part of Gray Beaver, might have sounded these deeps; but Gray Beaver did not caress nor speak kind words. It was not his way.
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Glad, Intelligence, Sounded
Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view
Author: Thomas a KempisTopics: Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Author: Thomas a KempisTopics: Destroy, Experiences, Faith, Famous, Feelings, Follow, Inspirational, Intelligence, Meaningful, Positive, Precede
So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it’s good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence
Author: Thierry HenryTopics: Changed, Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, People
A person isn’t born with the intelligence to be with someone especial, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don’t have to give up the chance to love.
Author: Gael Garcia BernalTopics: Chance, Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, Lifelong Learning, Love, Motivation, Motivational, Never giving up, Opportunity, Path, Special
To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions.
Author: Gad SaadTopics: Famous, Intellect, Intelligence, Living, Society
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity
Author: Thérèse of LisieuxTopics: Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Lord, Meaningful, Profound, Simplicity, Talent
You are just your intelligence.
Author: Kalpana ChawlaTopics: Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Yourself
In an age of artificial intelligence, too many of our schools and colleges are producing artificial stupidity
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Age, College, Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Meaningful, Producing, School, Stupidity
Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Children, Civilization, Creating, Dangerous, Destroyed, Enemies, Feelings, Ignorance, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful, Nonsense, Power, Stupidity, Teaching
Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military operations are not conducted consistent with political objectives or occur without economic development, they are certain to alienate the population further, reduce the amount of intelligence available to […] security forces, and strengthen rather than weaken the enemy.
Author: H. R. McMasterTopics: Enemy, Famous, Intelligence, Military operation, Political action, Population, Reduction, Security, Weaken
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Author: H. R. McMasterTopics: Famous, Ignorance, Illusion, Intelligence, Investment, Life
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Famous, Intelligence
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Famous, Imagination, Intelligence, Love, Triumph
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Nobody, Stupidity
No one in this world, so far as I know – and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me – has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Lost, Money, People, Record, Years
The question had come into my mind abruptly: were these creatures fools? . . . You see I had always anticipated that the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art, everything.
Author: H. G. WellsTopics: Expectation, Famous, Intelligence, Mentally, Question, Time
We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.
Author: H. G. WellsTopics: Challenges, Change, Famous, Intelligence, Progress, Striving, Welcome
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
Author: H. G. WellsTopics: Change, Famous, Human Nature, Intelligence, Never, Science
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
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Always, Busy, Doing, Ends, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Honest, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful, Object, Perspiration, Planning, Production, Purpose, Real, Seeming, System, Work
I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Experiences, Faith, Famous, Feelings, God, Intelligence, Meaningful, Philosophy, Positive, Supreme, Theologians
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists – proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Everything, Exist, Experiences, Fact, Famous, Feelings, Infinite, Intelligence, Laws, Mathematical, Meaningful, Precision, Proves, Ruled, Surroundings, World
Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I’ve never been able to start or finish anything.
Topics: Ability, Entire life, Finish, Intelligence, Intelligibility, Regarded, Start
Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Topics: Intelligence, Intelligent Man, Interacting, Interaction, Near, Nearly, Necessarily, Wise
The magic of Paul’s intelligence is that he has more patience than anyone I’ve ever met, and with it he simply wears problems down. To count a hundred million stars, he told me once, at the rate of one per second, sounds like a job that no one could possibly complete in a lifetime. In reality, it would only take three years. The key is focus, a willingness not to be distracted. And that is Paul’s gift: an intuition of just how much a person can do slowly.
Author: Ian CaldwellTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Magic, Meaningful
Delusions are often functional. A mother’s opinions about her children’s beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
Author: Robert A. HeinleinTopics: Drowning, Famous, Functional, Goodness, Intelligence, Mother's, Nauseam, Opinions
We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.
Author: Stephen HawkingTopics: Computers, Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
Author: Stephen HawkingTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful
Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence, and intelligence until these qualities’ lock in’ to your subconscious mind.
Author: Brian TracyTopics: Confidence, Courage, Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, lock in, Meaningful, Positive, Purpose, qualities, Subconscious
I have a limited intelligence and I’ve used it in a particular direction.
Author: Richard P. FeynmanTopics: Direction, Intelligence, Limited, Particular
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Author: Brian TracyTopics: Action, Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful, People
Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.
Author: Richard P. FeynmanTopics: Confused, Education, Famous, Idiot, Intelligence
For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift.
Author: G. H. HardyTopics: Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Purpose, Science, Serious
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
Author: G. H. HardyTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Majority, People, Worth
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
Author: Richard BachTopics: Creatures, Excellence, Famous, Ignorance, Intelligence, Ourselves
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Author: Groucho MarxTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Military
To make the voyage to the Indies a success, I did not make use of intelligence or maps.
Author: Christopher Columbus
Topics: Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Intelligent men, Life, Manner Of Life, Map, Meaningful, Nature of success, Sudden, Suffer
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
Author: Edgar Allan PoeTopics: Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful
We now know from neural-net technology that when there are more connections between points in a system, and there is greater strength between these connections, there will be sudden leaps in intelligence, where intelligence is defined as success rate in performing a task.
Author: Pierre Teilhard de ChardinTopics: Famous, Greater, Intelligence, Know, Meaningful, Sudden, Technology
But there seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination or his knowledge.
Author: Peter DruckerTopics: Famous, Imagination, Intelligence, Meaningful, Seems
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
Author: Gilbert K. ChestertonTopics: Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Introvert, Support, Women
She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand the world and a tiny secret interior deadness which meant she didn’t care.
Author: Douglas AdamsTopics: Famous, Great, Hair, Intelligence, Meaningful, Secrets, Strategic, World
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Author: Helen KellerTopics: Famous, Holy fire, Inspirational, Intelligence, Keep, Purpose
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.
Author: Dante AlighieriTopics: Famous, Instrument, Intelligence, Meaningful, Power, Powerless
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.
Author: Pablo PicassoTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Painters, Sun, Transform
Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.
Author: Dalai LamaTopics: Calm, Famous, Health, Intelligence, Meaningful, Mind, Peace, Spiritual
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
Author: George Bernard ShawTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Sports
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
Author: Charles Bukowski
Topics: Confidence, Fulfilling, Intellectual development, Intelligence, Problem, Stupid, Workings, World
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
Topics: False, False Attacks, Famous, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful, Uncertain
Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
Topics: Damage, Intelligence, Intelligent men, Times, Times of difficulty
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
Author: MontesquieuTopics: Established, Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful, Organ
We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.
Author: Calvin CoolidgeTopics: Famous, Feeling, Feelings, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, Love, Loveable, Meaningful, Need
In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.
Author: George OrwellTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Provocative perspective, Relationship, Sanity, Understanding
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Author: George OrwellTopics: Famous, Generation, Imagine, Intelligence, Wisdom
A woman will never do again what has been done before.
Author: Mark TwainTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Learn, Learning, Meaningful, Woman
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny
Author: AristotleTopics: Effort, Excellence, Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful
Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself and its seed. When we compare the (present) human population of the globe with… that of former times, we see that “chemical imperialism” has been… the main end to which human intelligence has been devoted.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Compare, Environment, Imperialist, Intelligence, Livingthing, Population, Transform
At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. … I had not imagined that there was anything so delicious in the world. After I had learned the fifth proposition, my brother told me that it was generally considered difficult, but I had found no difficulty whatsoever. This was the first time it had dawned on me that I might have some intelligence.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Brother, Intelligence, Intelligent, Proposition, World
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Action, Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Author: Terry PratchettTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful, Stupidity
Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.
Author: Benito MussoliniTopics: Advice, Famous, Ignorance, Intelligence, Intelligent, Meaningful, Silence, Silent
Intelligence is not quite as important as I thought it was, and it takes many different forms.
Author: Bill GatesTopics: Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Intelligence, Intelligent, Intelligent Man, Meaningful, Positive
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Creation, Creations, Creative, Creative Aspects, Experiences, Famous, Fun, Intelligence, Intelligent, Meaningful, Positive
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.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Dishonest, Experiences, Famous, Honest, Honesty, Intelligence, Intelligent, Meaningful, Spirit, Spiritual, Street Violence, Violence
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Complexities, Experiences, Famous, Fool, Genius, Gentle, Inspirational, Intelligence, Intelligent, Intelligent Man, Meaningful, Opposite, Positive
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Imagination, Intelligence, Intelligent, Knowledge, Signs, True
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Intelligence, Intelligent, Life, Positive, Positive Change, Unchanged
If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.
Author: Alan TuringTopics: Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Intelligence, Intelligent, Life, Machine, Technology
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
Author: Alan TuringTopics: Famous, Feelings, Human, Intelligence, Life
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful, Memory
Marital faithfulness involves more than just sexual fidelity. Being faithful to your wife also means defending her and affirming her beauty, intelligence, and integrity at all times, particularly before other people. Faithfulness to your husband means sticking up for him, always building him up and never tearing him down. Marital fidelity means that your spouse’s health, happiness, security, and welfare take a higher place in your life than anything else except your own relationship with the Lord.
Author: Myles MunroeTopics: Building, Faithfulness, Health, Integrity, Intelligence, Life, Security, Spouse
If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Care, Championship, Intelligence, Talent, Teamwork
I’m happy that a normal person can win the Ballon D’Or.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Celebrates, Chance, Consistency, Experiences, Famous, Football, Footballer, Glorious, Happiness, Hope, Incredible, Intelligence, Positive, Prestigious Award, Rewards, Self Belief, Successful
Having money is one thing but having sense with the money is the key.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Establish, Famous, Humor, Inspirational, Intelligence, Lesson, Management, Maturity, Meaningful, Mindset, Money, Necessity, Wealth
There are so many great players who have played for Real Madrid.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Determined, Famous, Intelligence, Legend, Player, Positive, Real Madrid
Ronaldo was my hero. I loved watching players like Zidane, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo, but Ronaldo was the best striker I’ve ever seen.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Comparision, Creative, Famous, Feeling, Hero, Inspiration, Intelligence, Player, Respect, Ronaldo, Striker
I just save my money, man. I don’t even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they lit, but they gon’ be broke later on. I be savin’, I be chillin’. It feels good to know I got it, but it feel better to know I’ma keep it too.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Acknowledgement, Ambition, Desire, Dream, Enjoyment, Facts, Famous, Fun, Happiness, Hard Work, Inspirational, Intelligence, Life, Money, Saving
There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Achievement, Encouragement, Express, Facts, Hard Work, Intelligence, Legend, Life, Strength, Win, Work
I don’t really have a writing process. I don’t write at all but, honestly, I feel like it’s a modern-day writing because everything is technology and if I go in there and freestyle and I keep it, I feel like I wrote that. If I go in there and fix it, it’s almost like something I wrote.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Famous, Honesty, Intelligence, Observation, Technology, Visions
Little by little, I’m getting better all the time. I’ve not lost the passion to play.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Ambition, Consistency, Famous, Growth, Improvements, Intelligence, Learning, Life, Observation, Passion, Patience, Player, Possibility, Practice, Sports
I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Ambition, Dedication, Desire, Dream, Effort, Famous, Improvement, Intelligence, Positive, Practice, Soccer
There is no ‘I’ in team, but there is in win.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Championship, Courage, Football, Goal, Intelligence, Reality, Sports, Success, Talent, Team, Work
When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.
Author: W. C. FieldsTopics: Challenge, Famous, Humor, Intelligence, Life, Optimistic, Positive