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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

Author:
Laurence J. Peter

To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.

To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.

Author:
Mary Pettibone Poole

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

Author:
Robert J. Shiller

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

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

Author:
Woodrow Wilson

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

Author:
Lisa Alther

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Author:
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mind too active is no mind at all.

A mind too active is no mind at all.

Author:
Theodore Roethke

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

Author:
Bertrand Russell

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Author:
Don Herold

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

Author:
G. H. Hardy







 
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