Intelligence Quotes
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Sometimes it gets talked about as if life is all about the individual, and I don't think it is. I'm really interested in what writing can contribute to a kind of cultural intelligence.
Alison Hawthorne Deming
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I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who have the right ingredients. But sometimes it is more difficult to get them to accept the fact that they can take on increasing responsibility. Oftentimes individuals will decide how far [they] go by how much work they're willing to put in and how quick they are to ask for help. Too many people have this deep-seated fear that if they ask for help, they will be thought less of.
Hillary Clinton
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
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Does there exist an Infinity outside ourselves? Is that infinity One, immanent and permanent, necessarily having substance, since He is infinite and if He lacked matter He would be limited, necessarily possessing intelligence since He is infinite and, lacking intelligence, He would be in that sense finite. Does this Infinity inspire in us the idea of essense, while to ourselves we can only attribute the idea of existence? In order words, is He not the whole of which we are but the part?
Victor Hugo
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Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
William Allen White
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I was a smart kid, but I hated school.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Bad Meets Evil'
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Art is a form of intelligence, it can be developed, it's linked to intuition and it's something that all humans have
Alonzo King
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In life we only try to produce, to win, and enjoy the more we can; in science, to discoverand invent the more we can; in religion, to dominate or rule over on the greatest number of people we can; whereas the forming of the character, the further development or in-dept analysis, of the faculties of the intelligence, the refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental or subordinate things.
African Spir
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The ultimate success of Masonry depends on the intelligence of her disciples.
Albert Mackey
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William James
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The more intelligence one has, the more people one finds original. Commonplace people see no difference between men.
Blaise Pascal
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Keep your intelligence white hot and your grief glistening“
so your life will stay fresh.
Rumi
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Each of us possesses five fundamental, enthralling maps to the natural world: sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell. As we unravel the threads that bind us to nature, as denizens of data and artifice, amid crowds and clutter, we become miserly with these loyal and exquisite guides, we numb our sensory intelligence. This failure of attention will make orphans of us all.
Ellen Meloy
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The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.
David J. Schwartz
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I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in the coming days.
Javier Solana
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Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. It is intellectual bankruptcy.
Dan Barker
