Intelligence Quotes

"Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing"

"Common sense is not so common"

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination"

"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself"

"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again"

"Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense"

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled"

"Every true genius is bound to be naive"

"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder"

"Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart"

"Always be smarter than the people who hire you"

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde"

"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man"

"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers"

"Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas"

"Belief is the death of intelligence"

"Intelligence is not a science"

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one"

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

"Intellectuals are too sentimental for me"

"Action is the real measure of intelligence"

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues"

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

"The higher the voice the smaller the intellect"

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently"

"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring"

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

"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together"

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow"