1.
Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.
Nikola Tesla
Eccentricity is a sign of astuteness in a universe of conformists.
2.
A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.
Niccolo Machiavelli
A hallmark of wisdom is a recognition of one's lack of knowledge.
3.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every day we should be exposed to at least one melodic tune, peruse one fine piece of poetry, behold one beautiful image, and, if feasible, utter a few judicious phrases.
5.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
The capacity to watch without judging is the supreme level of intellect.
6.
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
Blaise Pascal
Mundane matters occupy the thoughts of brilliant individuals, while trivial affairs captivate those with limited intellect.
7.
The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.
Jaggi Vasudev
The hallmark of acumen is that you continually ponder. Dullards are always completely certain of every single thing they are doing in their life.
8.
When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony.
Marie-Antoine Careme
When culinary skill fades from the world, literature shall wither, intelligence be dulled, sociability vanish, and amity dissolve.
9.
Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
'It is likely that I consider myself to be of superior intellect solely due to the fact that nothing I have endeavored has ever been brought to completion.'
10.
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Albert Camus
11.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert
13.
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.
Rudolf Nureyev
14.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
Richard Lewis
15.
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
Bertrand Russell
16.
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
Jascha Heifetz
17.
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
Laozi
18.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
Samuel Johnson
19.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Immanuel Kant
20.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
Charles Kettering
21.
Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.
Ernest Bevin
22.
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
Linus Torvalds
25.
This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.
Robert Green Ingersoll
27.
To be or not to be?' That is not the question. What is the question? The question is not one of being, but of becoming. 'To become more or not to become more' This is the question faced by each intelligence in our universe.
Truman G. Madsen
28.
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.
Howard Whitley Eves
29.
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
Abigail Adams
31.
The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.
Astro Teller
32.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
George Orwell
33.
If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway.
Stanley Crouch
36.
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it
take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip
the bottom out of their boat.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
37.
I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious.
Bertrand Russell
38.
Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.
Alfred de Musset
40.
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.
Eric Temple Bell
41.
There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
Niccolo Machiavelli
42.
People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.
James Randi
43.
A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.
Alexander Cannon
44.
If intelligence were a television set, it would be an early black-and-white model with poor reception, so that much of the picture was gray and the figures on the screen were snowy and indistinct. You could fiddle with the knobs all you wanted, but unless you were careful, what you would see often depended more on what you expected or hoped to see than on what was really there.
Madeleine Albright
45.
Man's brain is, after all, the greatest natural resource.
Karl Brandt
49.
Then why do you want to know?" "Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.
Umberto Eco