Intelligence Quotes

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein

Stupidity, Between, Genius

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

Smart, Problems, Stay

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein

Thinking, Brain, Lazy

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein

Problems, Solve, Geniuses

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein

God, Powerful, Care

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Time, Failure, Again

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Ernest Hemingway

Time, Drunk, Sometimes

Common sense is not so common.
Voltaire

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

Knowledge, Ignorance, Real

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda

Wise, Smart, Remember

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William Shakespeare

Knowledge, God, Ignorance

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great, Strong, Character

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
Ray Bradbury

Love, Friendship, Time

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

Good, Friends, Cannot

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali

Ambition, Bird, Wings

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Mark Twain

Mind, Sometimes, Week

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Socrates

Quote

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Else, Talent, Genius

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Oscar Wilde

Unexpected, Expect, Modern

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.
Catherine Deneuve

Humor, Woman, Same

Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Napoleon Hill

Real, Action, Measure

Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams

Time, Smart, Stupid

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
Roy H. Williams

Wise, Smart, Him

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
Stephen Hawking

Change, Ability, Adapt

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