Quotes on Intelligence

Ignorance never settles a question.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to flock around a brilliant one. It is but fair to say that, after getting out in the world, I had never seen this happen." [From a column dated November 17, 1928]

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

Belief is the death of intelligence.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

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

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

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours.

It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; indignant without being intelligent; impulsive without being insightful.