Intelligent men do not decide any subject until they have carefully examined both or all sides of it. Fools, cowards, and those too lazy to think, accept blindly, without examination, dogmas and doctrines imposed upon them in childhood by their paren...
When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye o...
Man Waiting to Cross: And the Germans claim to be intelligent! You know what I think, I think they are totally stupid. I have a family to feed. I spend half my time here, waiting for them to let us through. Why do they think I come here, to listen to...
Dr. Einstein: At least people in plays act like they've got sense. Mortimer Brewster: Oh, you think so? Did you ever see anybody in a play act like they got any intelligence? Dr. Einstein: [agonizing] How can somebody be so stupid!
[John Bender is absently tearing up books] Andrew Clark: That's real intelligent. John Bender: You're right. It's wrong to destroy literature. It's such fun to read. And [examines title] John Bender: Moe-Lay really pumps my nads. Claire Standish: Mol...
Pablo Escobar: Our business here today is cocaine, yes? George: Si. Yes it is. Pablo Escobar: I need to find an Americano who I can trust. One with honor, intelligence... George: You need an Americano with balls, Senior Escobar. Pablo Escobar: Yes, a...
Younger women are willing to go out with high status males. If you look at the kind of women Salman Rushdie attracts, they tend to be intelligent, arty types. For her, it's a kudos thing. The man just wants a good-looking girl because he imagines tha...
The only antidote to religious triumphalism is the readiness of communities of faith to permit doubt and self-criticism to play a vital role in the life of Faith.
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes.
Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content in the media.
The vampire community has enough problems. We don't need to add petty backbiting to it.
The Hebrews have no name for Him, the Moslems have a hundred. Both suggest the same thing, that there are concepts as well as emotions that can be communicated only allegorically.
You don’t realise how language actually interferes with communication until you don’t have it, how it gets in the way like an overdominant sense.
People frequently point to communication as a problem, because its easy to notice, but usually it is a symptom of an underlying problem with a relationship posture.
Grammar, he saw, was agreement, community, consensus.
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.
Although love is communicated in a number of ways,our words often reflect the condition of our heart.
The command of our language is crucial to focusing our thoughts and communicating them with precision to others.
Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.
