Quotes by Intelligent In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb. Coco Chanel intelligentdumbstupid I cannot significantly improve on the assertion that it simply is proper for us, as intelligent members of the universe, to try to look after our fellow creatures, and evil for us to do otherwise. Colin Tudge intelligenteviltrying The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions. Colin Wilson intelligentevilpeople While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone. Colm Toibin intelligentselflying I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun. Colm Toibin australiaintelligentfun I remember classes in college where the professor was espousing certain theories about how blacks were inherently less intelligent. But I learned a long time ago to give people the benefit of the doubt, not to assume that somebody was reacting to you because of race. Condoleezza Rice intelligentracecollege He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed. Confucius chineseintelligentsuccessful Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent. Confucius intelligentjusticegiving An intelligent lady, a little too mature for recklessness, a little too young for caution. Connie Brockway matureintelligentlittles God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. Everywhere, intelligent and educated people rely more and more on purely secular and scientific techniques for the solution of their problems. As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter. Corliss Lamont intelligentprayermen If you think about some of the things that are being talked about by thoughtful, intelligent scientists, you realize that in 100 years the human race won't even be recognizable. Cormac McCarthy thoughtfulintelligentthinking The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not. Criss Jami latterintelligentignorance I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore. Criss Jami intelligentpeopleneeds Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains. Criss Jami technologyintelligentthinking Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized. Criss Jami genuineintelligentpeople I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self as well as your most intelligent self. It is when you realize who you are and the extents of the good and the evils which you are capable of Criss Jami intelligentstupidself To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy. Criss Jami cheesyoptimisticintelligent I love being a woman. I never wanted to be a man or needed to prove I was just like them. I graduated law school at USC, won moot court honors, and finished high in my graduating class, so I knew who I was. I knew I was intelligent and educated and strong. Being a woman has always helped me in many ways. Cynthia Garrett intelligentstrongschool No matter how much proponents of 'intelligent design' try to clothe their views in the apparel of science, it is what it is: religion. Whose intelligence? Whose design? Cynthia Tucker designintelligentviews We have observed for thirty centuries that a large nose is a sign on the door of our face that says 'Herein dwells a man who is intelligent, prudent, courteous, affable, noble-minded and generous'. A small nose is a cork on the bottle of the opposite vices. Cyrano de Bergerac intelligentdoorsmen«1516171819202122232425»
