Top 466 Intelligence Quotes

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

G. H. Hardy

It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits.

Lewis Thomas

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

Laurence J. Peter

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

Bryant H. McGill

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

Thomas A. Edison

By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.

By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.

Ray Kurzweil

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

J. K. Rowling

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.

Vernor Vinge

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

John Berger

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

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

Oscar Wilde

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