Intelligence Quotes

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.

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

Genius is initiative on fire.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

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

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

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

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

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

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.