#intelligence

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it."

"But if one observes, one will see that the body has its own intelligence; it requires a great deal of intelligence to observe the intelligence of the body."

"The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego."

"She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination."

"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."

"It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer."

"One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"My clone will have my mind, but I don’t mind. Two heads are better than one—especially when those two are one and the same."

"Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be."

"In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves."

"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously."

"My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense."

"It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word."

"Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."

"Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God."

"A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out."