Intelligence Quotes

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

Jose Bergamin

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Josh Billings

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

Josh Billings

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.

Jamais Cascio

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.

Jamais Cascio

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

James Hal Cone

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

Jerry Cantrell

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

John Calvin

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

John Ciardi

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership...

John le Carre

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

John le Carre

SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel.

John le Carre

I've had nothing to do with the intelligence world since I left it, in any shade or variety.

John le Carre

Others can challenge and motivate us, but we must reach down deep into our souls and call forth our God-given intelligence and capabilities. We cannot do this when we depend on the efforts of someone else.

James E. Faust

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

John Fowles

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.

John Frankenheimer

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

John Kenneth Galbraith

I don't think anyone thinks that the SAT score is a measure of your innate intelligence. It is not. That is a fallacious concept, and we at Kaplan, and others who are in a position, should be out there making sure people know this is nothing, this sc...

Jonathan Grayer

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

Jane Harman