Quote by Raymond Chandler
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can fin

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion. – Raymond Chandler

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The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler

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Talent
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Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Raymond Chandler

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Attitude
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Other Quotes from
Intelligence
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I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost. – John O. Brennan

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Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. – Stephen Leacock

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Intelligence

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didnt have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. – Nicolas Cage

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Intelligence

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. – John McCarthy

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Intelligence

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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching. – Bill Pullman

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Its not about division. Its not about politics. My concern is how do we come together? – LeVar Burton

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