Quotes of: Intelligence-agencies Keyword

But it had been widely argued that advanced intelligence could never arise in the sea; there were not enough challenges in so benign and unvarying an environment.

2010: Odyssey Two

It's not as if our lives are simply divided into light and dark. There's a shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does.

After Dark

The world is full of stupid people. That's why we have rules. But with enough intelligence, a person can be above the rules. She can make rules.

Another Faust

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Luna Sea’s music moves quickly but intelligibly, with a darkly frenetic, creative energy.

Jrock, Ink.: A Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan

The matter could in fact have been resolved quite simply if all those round the table had been equally intelligent. But in this life that is rarely given.

Journey by Moonlight

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.

Killosophy

No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Size doesn't define your beauty and intelligence. Appearance doesn't measure the goodness of your heart and the hidden joy of your soul.

Rhythm of a Heart, Music of a Soul

Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.' 'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence.

Scaramouche

A woman brings so much more to the world than birth, for she can birth discovery, intelligence, invention, art, just as well as any man.

Small Town Demons

Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an ability to manipulate, to gain cooperation, and to deceive.

The social conquest of Earth

Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

I am moved by the multitudes of your intelligence and sometimes, returning, I become the sea— in love with your speed, your heaviness and breath.

Meditations in an Emergency

If we don’t honor our truth, how can we expect anyone else to do so?

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Like many another materialist, that is, he lied cleverly on the basis of insufficient knowledge, because the knowledge supplied seemed to his own particular intelligence inadmissible. ("The Wendigo")

Monster Mix

Mave believed that not being able to see your life clearly, to scrutinize it intelligently, meant that probably you were at the dead center of it, and that couldn't possibly be a bad thing.

Like Life

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Mortals and Others 1: American Essays 1931-35

Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves.

The Six Rules of Maybe

... without a doubt the heart is an inexhaustible source of love, insight, and intelligence that far surpasses that of the mind.

The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in Life

contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century.

The Polysyllabic Spree