Intelligence Quotes - Page 4

If my 'mind' don't mind, I don't mind.

Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp.

I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.

In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

If God meant for people to fly, He would have given them brains.

I've never had an intelligent conversation with a beautiful woman. But then, I've never had an intelligent conversation. Or talked to a beautiful woman.

Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.
Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

Honest dishonesty. That’s quite the oxymoron – but I like the originality that you’ve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer,” he added jokingly.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity.

I see... the way you're always searching. How much you hate anything fake or phony. How you're older than your years, but still... playful, like a little girl. How you're always looking into people, or wondering what they see when they look back at you. Your eyes. It's all in the eyes.

We always learn more from those whom we hate than those whom we love.

Knowledge inside us, is a gift that can never be returned.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.