Intelligence Quotes - Page 3

• The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Inspirational, Judgement, Form

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

  Voltaire

  Learning, Ignorance, Stupid People

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• The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

  Marya Mannes

  Happiness, Intelligent, Emotional

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• Common sense is not so common.

  Voltaire

  Life, Wisdom, Witty

  Dictionnaire Philosophique "Common Sense" (1765)

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• It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

  Claude Bernard

  Inspirational, Educational, Learning

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  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

  Views, Numbers, Topics

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• Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Moving On, Wisdom, Mistake

  Bertolt Brecht (1965). “The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays”, p.87, Grove Press

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• Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Education, Work

  The Illiterate Digest "Defending My Soup Plate Position" (1924)

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• Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

  Alan Alda

  Wise, Wisdom, Smart

  Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.

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• Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

  Walter Cronkite

  Inspirational, Education, Ignorant

  "The price of libraries is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation" by Abigail Tarttelin, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2013.

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• It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

  James Thurber

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.24, St. Martin's Press

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• I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Encouraging, 4th Of July, Men

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1988). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

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• Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

  Roger Ebert

  Confused, Lying, Emotional

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• In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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• God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

  Francis Bacon

  God, Exercise, Intelligent

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• It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

  Sophocles

  Wisdom, Men, Wisest Man

  Sophocles (1955). “The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus [and] Antigone”

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• An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Intelligent, People, Persons

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 30, 2012

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• There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

  Josh Billings

  Aristocracy, Comedy, Surprise

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• Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

  H. L. Mencken

  Love, Funny, Marriage

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• Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence that reduce stress and anxiety, whereas anger and hatred come from frustration and undermine our sense of trust. Because of ignorance, many of our problems are our own creation. Education, however, is the instrument that increases our ability to employ our own intelligence.

  Dalai Lama

  Trust, Education, Confidence

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• Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  Education, Reading, Teaching

  English Social History ch. 18 (1942)

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• Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

  Blaise Pascal

  Math, Ordinary Extraordinary, Mind

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