3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.

Sarcasm is waster on the young.

The world was made for the intelligent, the universe was made for the wise.

Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.

Mobs have passions, not brains.

Always remember, animals can intimidate men with their strength but men cannot intimidate animals with their intelligence.

Russell commented that the development of such gifted individuals (referring to polymaths) required a childhood period in which there was little or no pressure for conformity, a time in which the child could develop and pursue his or her own interests no matter how unusual or bizarre.

Strength and intelligence without empathy wouldn’t make you a good person, let alone a good leader.

To struggle against darkness is not to blunder ignorantly; intelligence is needed to generate right action.