3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

You don’t get to have an opinion on whether .999… is equal to 1, for instance. It is equal to 1. People smarter than us have worked hard to figure this stuff out, and we owe it to them and to the universe to respect what they’ve figured out.

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.

Pure wisdom is the 'fruit of life'; banal platitudes are the 'bane of existence'.

. . as A martial arts teacher, we should never forget the first time we stepped onto the Dojo ground, remembering this, we will be better equipped to teach the next generation of Karate practitioners

Just when you think you know.....you don't know.

… I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols. But I know now there's one thing you've all overlooked: intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.

A huge portion of what the civilized know more than the primitive is about the unnatural world.

Dear Superwoman,Let no one demean your intelligence.Let no one dribble you from your happiness.Let no one derail you from success.Be a smart, courageous and determined woman.