3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

Κέρδισα, μα θα μπορούσα να είχα χάσει. Οι άλλοι με θεώρησαν σοφό επειδή κέρδισα, δεν γνώριζαν όμως τις πολυάριθμες περιπτώσεις όπου υπήρξα ανόητος επειδή έχασα, και δεν ήξεραν ότι λίγες στιγμές πριν κερδίσω δεν ήμουν καν σίγουρος ότι δεν είχα χάσει..." "..Κι έτσι για να μην φανώ αργότερα ανόητος, αρνούμαι να φανώ έξυπνος τώρα.

When I look around, I sometimes feel discouraged. Why do people make no more effort? "They do nothing and yet they complain that it is unfair."I looked speechless at the ham. "The way I look at it, people make an effort so that they are about to sign, but maybe I'm wrong""They do not exert themselves, they just toil in it," he said without further ado. "It has nothing to do with the type of effort I'm talking about. It's more active and focused.

Orcas may not be very intelligent humans, but humans are really stupid orcas

She is at once warm and dismissive, a tone common among fools and mountebanks, rarely used by those who truly know.

A person can gather a wealth of knowledge by reading texts on a daily basis, watching current events about broad issues taking place across the world and observing his or surroundings analytically everyday.

Debates are just intelligent entertainment.

... intelligence is a combination of mental ability and the accumulated knowledge that arises from that ability.

Hyenas 'appear to violate the rules of mammalian biology,' Holekamp tells me. 'Studying the oddballs can teach you about the basics,' she explains. 'They allow us to gain insight into what the rules actually are.' And by showing us an alternative way to sociality and intelligence, they help us better understand our own beloved pets, and perhaps even ourselves.