Category: Quotes About intelligence

Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see. -Arthur Schopenhauer

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. -Henri Bergson

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. -Arnold J. Toynbee

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. -Jacques Barzun

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

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset. -John Scarlett

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. -Abigail Adams

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. -Simone Weil

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission. -John Pistole

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -Albert Einstein

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. -Georg C. Lichtenberg

There is huge demand for artificial intelligence technologies. -Yuri Milner

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. -Christopher Columbus

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years. -Carl Levin

Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit? -Lynn Margulis

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. -Alan Kay

The beautiful thing about my intelligence is that it doesn't really come in one specific department. So even if something hasn't happened to me, I have information on how to get you through whatever you may be going through. -Tyrese Gibson

I'm the chairman of the intelligence committee. We don't only get formal briefings, but we collect our information from the intelligence community in a variety of ways. -Mike Rogers

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. -Studs Terkel

I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence. -Kristin Hersh

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. -David Bowie