520 Quotes About Intellect

The imagination serves us only when the mind is absolutely free of any prejudice. A single prejudice suffices to cool off the imagination. This whimsical part of the mind is so unbridled as to be uncontrollable. Its greatest triumphs, its most eminent delights consist in smashing all the restraints that oppose it. Imagination is the enemy of all norms, the idolater of all disorder and of all that bears the color of crime.

You can think before you do, you can think while you do and you can think after you've done something. If you can think - it often does not matter. Intelligence is impressive but hidden in the bush is useless. What matters is where it leads and what is produced by it.

The author perceives nuances of Abigail Adams' character in the occasional errors she makes in readily quoting John Milton. Rather than giving the observer a reason to quibble, they are evidence that she had absorbed Milton's works enough to feel comfortable quoting them from memory.

Some things do not make sense, not in themselves, but to some people.

What you think that you bring about

Mannequins are the artificial intelligence of the modelling industry.

Bookworms love to say, there is no friend as loyal as a book. I say, if your knowledge of all those books doesn’t come to any use of the people around you, then there’s no creature as selfish as you.

For good health, watch what you eat. For a good head, watch what you watch.

If human beings were really progressive creatures, then all boys would be smarter, healthier, and, wealthier, than their grandfathers.