Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Category: Intelligence.

The repository contains 94 quotes in the category “Intelligence.”
Showing quotes 41 through 60 in the category “Intelligence.” Page 1 2 3 4 5.

He appears to have been educated beyond his intelligence.

Unknown

Never understimate stupid people in large groups.

Unknown

Smart is believing half of what you hear, brilliant is knowing which half to believe.

Unknown

Discussion is an exchange of intelligence; argument is an exchange of ignorance.

Unknown

Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure of the former.

Albert Einstein
1879 — 1955

Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 — 1882

It isn’t smart to argue with a fool; listeners can’t tell which is which.

Unknown

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.

Unknown

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein
1879 — 1955

There is no purification in this world equal to wisdom.

Bhagavad Gita

The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football team.

P. J. O’Rourke
1947 —     

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

Albert Einstein
1879 — 1955

Great men are not always wise.

The Bible

Being smart is what keeps some people from being intelligent.

Thomas Sowell
1930 —     

Wisdom shall die with you.

The Bible

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.

The Bible

Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Billy Madison

Wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The Bible

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!

The Bible

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