Quotes by Intelligence I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination. Bernard Baruch intelligence imagination inspirational Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. Bertrand Russell intelligence government inspirational If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based upon faith, you will realize that argument is useless, and will therefore resort to force either in the form of persecution or by stunting or distorting the minds of the young in what is called 'education.' Bertrand Russell intelligence support thinking I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious. Bertrand Russell intelligence sometimes thinking Of course not. After all, I may be wrong. Bertrand Russell intelligence courses may Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we compare the (present) human population of the globe with . . . that of former times, we see that "chemical imperialism" has been . . . the main end to which human intelligence has been devoted. Bertrand Russell intelligence population life I wish I knew as much about anything today as I knew about everything when I was twenty. Bill Ayers intelligence learning intellectual Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal ordinary-extraordinary intelligence math It is not certain that everything is uncertain. Blaise Pascal intelligence uncertain math Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. Blaise Pascal intelligence fool wisdom Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, forever, but merely for an instant. Blaise Pascal intelligence effort forever A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence. Brander Matthews intelligence educated persons It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle. Bryant H. McGill intelligence powerful literature The greatest cunning is to have none at all. Carl Sandburg intelligence competition integrity The French equate intelligence with rational discourse, the Russians with intense soul-searching. For the Mexican, intelligence is inseparable from maliciousness. Carlos Fuentes intelligence mexican soul Intellectual men who quickly wolf down whatever nourishment is necessary for their bodies with a kind of disdain, may be very rational and have a noble intelligence, but they are not men of taste. Charles-Augustin de Coulomb intelligence intellectual men Mystery is not profoundness. Charles Caleb Colton intelligence wisdom literature An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. Charles Kettering intelligence technology education It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless. Charles Simmons intelligence useless intellectual In the scale of life there is a gradual decline in physical variability, as the organism has gathered into itself resources for meeting the exigencies of changing external conditions; and that while in the mindless and motionless plant these resources are at a minimum, their maximum is reached in the mind of man, which, at length, rises to a level with the total order and powers of nature, and in its scientific comprehension of nature is a summary, an epitome of the world. Chauncey Wright intelligence men order «1234567891011»
