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Intelligence

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

Common sense is not so common. – Voltaire

We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow. – Woodrow Wilson

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. – Don Herold

Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. – Ambrose Bierce

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom than their folly. – Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. – Henri Frederic Amiel

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. – Barbara Walters

The invention of IQ does a great disservice to creativity in education. – Joel Hildebrand

Primitive does not mean stupid. – S.A. Sachs

The difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good living. – Charles F. Kettering

I think the world is run by C students. – Al McGuire

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

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

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. – Albert Einstein

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

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

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. – Salvador Dali

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

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