3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

I loved Monty Python for the wordplay--this sense that you didn’t have to squash your intelligence to be funny. In fact, you could walk right into your intelligence and nerdiness and self-doubt, and that could be funny.

Intelligence arouses fear and respect, the lack of it keeps one on the narrow minded road of disrespect, stupidity and inferiority complex.

It doesn’t take much intelligence to understand that obedience to greed can make us a slave to stupidity. Yet, I think that the power of greed is amply illustrated by simply taking note of how many intelligent people have chosen slavery.

I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.

A stupid friend can hurt you more than a smart enemy.

Profound thinkers either become astute lovers or rebellious spirit” 

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.