Quotes of: Intelligence-agencies Keyword

For every criminal mastermind, there were ten cretins: the cruel algebra of intelligence applied across the masses.

Telegraph Hill

In my normal world, cars do not go off the road and explode. Please, do not insult my intelligence.

Passing of the King

Si le sentiment est l´intelligence du coeur, l´émotion est la stupidité du coeur.

Pour une vie réussie, un amour réussi

She was intelligent enough to realize that her excitement was childish, but not mature enough to care.

Perdido Street Station

...there was an almost terrifying lack of intelligence in his eyes.

Worlds of Weber: Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other Stories

The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America.

Chris Cannon

Working on 'Parks' was like heaven because everyone there was just intimidatingly intelligent and funny, and we would have these hilarious debates about really tangential things. It was inspiring because I felt really challenged to be my best.

Chelsea Peretti

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

George William Curtis

To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.

The Art of War

Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.

Nancy Pearcey

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

Neal Stephenson

Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.

Orson Pratt

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Peggy Noonan

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun

Pablo Picasso

To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

Richard Dawkins

Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked

R. Buckminster Fuller

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

Reid Hoffman

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

Stephen Hawking

An intelligent man will use a book to settle an argument. Preferably a hardback with a thick spine, flat across the bridge of the nose.

Shatrujeet Nath