Intelligence Quotes

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"Common sense is not so common."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him."

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

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

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

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

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"

"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."

"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them."

"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder."

"A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether."

"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."

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

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved."

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

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."