Quote by Raymond Chandler
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. – Raymond Chandler

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Hair
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Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

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Language
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Intelligence
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The intellect of the wise is like glass it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. – Augustus Hare

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Intelligence

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills. – Daniel Goleman

Category:
Intelligence

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body can use. – Andrea Dworkin

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Intelligence

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. – Ben Kingsley

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Intelligence

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Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because its complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and hes able to keep processing that as well. – V. S. Naipaul

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