Intelligence Quotes

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A. A. Milne

Remember, Promise, Seem

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
Bryant H. McGill

Person, Find, Afraid

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.
Gracie Allen

Family, Teacher, Smart

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund Freud

Between, Child, Adult

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
Janis Joplin

Questions, Answers, Creates

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Quote

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
Helen Gurley Brown

Success, Great, Sense

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Words, Tell, Knows

Quote

Genius is initiative on fire.
Holbrook Jackson

Fire, Genius, Initiative

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.
Sigmund Freud

Until, Rest, Voice

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

Smart, Stupid, Give

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.
George Orwell

Person, Wrong, Ideas

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.
Carl Jung

Truth, Understand, Judgement

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
Carl Jung

Often, Hands, Mystery

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Trust, Keep, Word

There is no method but to be very intelligent.
T. S. Eliot

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
Augustus Hare

Wise, Light, Heaven

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
E. B. White

Whole, Often, Genius

Every true genius is bound to be naive.
Friedrich Schiller

True, Genius, Naive

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.
John Fowles

Stupid, Two, Planet

Belief is the death of intelligence.
Robert Anton Wilson

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.
Timothy Leary

History, Brain, Generation

To think is to practice brain chemistry.
Deepak Chopra

Brain, Chemistry, Practice

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
Ed Parker

Learn, Willing, Fulfilled

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
Josh Billings

Sense, Genius, Common

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us