Intelligence Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about intelligence.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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A smart man is someone who knows how to be smart enough to hire people smarter than him.

Hermann Keyserling

Hermann Keyserling

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In practice, only what intelligence can solve is a problem.

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

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Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

The intelligent man speaks with authority when he directs his own life.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Most people are like pins: their heads are not the most important thing.

Kurt Tucholsky

Kurt Tucholsky

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The advantage of being intelligent is that it's easier to pass for a fool. The opposite is much more difficult.

Herbert George Wells

Herbert George Wells

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There is no intelligence where there is no change or need for change.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Intelligence consists not only in knowledge but also in the skill of applying knowledge in practice.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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While we admire and exalt the faculties of human intelligence, we forget to seek its true collaborators.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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The majority of men have an intellectual capacity that is far superior to the exercise they make of it.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Whoever does not have all the intelligence of their age, has all their misfortune.