Quotes with intelligent

  • Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them...
  • Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
  • One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.
  • 'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
  • There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.
  • It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
  • Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.
  • We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle class intelligent folk of a very urban nature.
  • When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
  • This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
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  • Bill Watterson Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • John Abbott ''How do you know so much about everything?'' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ''By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.
    John Abbott
    Canadian lawyer and politician (1821 - 1893)
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  • Adolf Hitler All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Isadora Duncan Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.
    Isadora Duncan
    American Dancer (1877 - 1927)
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  • Oscar Wilde Anyone looking for a beautiful woman, good and intelligent, do not try one but three.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • John Morley Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
    John Morley
    British journalist, statesman (1838 - 1923)
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  • Bill Watterson The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch 'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Alan Turing A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
    Alan Turing
    English mathematician and computer scientist (1912 - 1954)
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  • Truman Capote A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
    Truman Capote
    American writer (1924 - 1984)
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  • John B. S. Haldane A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Anthony Burgess A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Charles F. Kettering A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
    Charles F. Kettering
    American inventor (1876 - 1958)
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  • Bennet Omalu Actually, I'm for football. But I'm for intelligent football that enhances us rather than football that steals away who we are.
    Bennet Omalu
    Nigerian-American physician and neuropathologist (1968 - )
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  • Bainbridge Colby An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Bryant H. McGill An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Basil S. Walsh An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive.
    Basil S. Walsh
    American banker and author
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  • Albert Einstein Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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