Intelligence Quotes - Page 36

• Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . 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.

  Bertrand Russell

  Life, Population, Environment

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• The teacher can always tell when you did your homework on the bus.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Teacher, Learning, Intellectual

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• Sometimes it's smart to be scared.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Smart, Learning, Intellectual

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• I believe that God has opened up these treasures on intelligence to enhance His purposes on the earth.

  James E. Faust

  Believe, Treasure, Earth

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• Intelligence is not a science.

  Frank Carlucci

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• You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

  Ray Bradbury

  Confidence, Courage, Travel

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• The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Intelligent, Play, Serious Things

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.815, GENERAL PRESS

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• Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

  Linus Torvalds

  Done, Programming, Ability

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• Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Life, Art

  Pablo Picasso (1972). “Picasso on art: a selection of views”, Viking Adult

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• The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Work, Intelligent, Tests

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• I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Hate, Intelligent, Top Down

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• Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.106, Om Books International

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• Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

  Anna Freud

  Inspirational, Witty, Educational

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• My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Success, Common Sense, Intellectual

  "Helen Gurley Brown's feminist legacy", www.sfgate.com. August 14, 2012.

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• The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Victory, Progress

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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  The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Marriage, Wisdom

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.126, Courier Corporation

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• The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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  Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

  George Carlin

  Nature, Philosophy, Stupid

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• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

  Alvin Toffler

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  "Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, dies aged 87". www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2016.

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• People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Freedom, Thinking, People

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• By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

  Confucius

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

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  Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Patience, Spiritual

  "The De Patientia of St. Augustine: A Translation with an Introduction and Commentary" by Saint Augustine (of Hippo), Paul Bryan, 1963.

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