616 private quotes tagged intelligence

“Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“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

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.” — Thomas Francis Meagher

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“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

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“The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.” — William Shenstone

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“It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.” — Dick Cheney

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“I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.” — Rose Kennedy

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“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear.” — Karl A. Menninger

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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” — Salvador Dali

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

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“The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.” — Richard Armitage

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“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.” — Betty Dodson

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“Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.” — Andrew Jackson

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“If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of intelligence. If you do not, you will see what God has willed.” — Hulagu Khan

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“My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'” — Tiger Woods

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“Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right.” — Shirley Hazzard

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“My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.” — Michelle Obama

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“True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.” — Ian Mcewan

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“Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.” — Gracie Allen

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“My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.” — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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“I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.” — Jim Lehrer

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