Intelligence Quotes

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.

Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

Money glitters, beauty sparkles and intelligence shines.