Quotes about Intelligence

“The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.”

“They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.”

“God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”

“Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.”

“Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that it amounts almost to outright insult.”

“Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.”

“I think there's a lot of intelligence out there, but that's just my guess. Question is: Are they peaceable or hostile? You could say that the peaceable ones are just going to stay at home and play with their Nintendos, so if you do meet any of them, they might be hostile.”

“What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.”

“Forget artificial intelligence - in the brave new world of big data, it's artificial idiocy we should be looking out for.”

“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”

“It is by developing the individual that he is prepared for that wonderful manifestation of the human intelligence, which drawing constitutes. The ability to see reality in form, in color, in proportion, to be master of the movements of one's own hand - that is what is necessary.”

“One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format that's useful to them.”

“My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.”

“Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.”

“If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also see a force in human nature, namely grace, that sometimes works against our natural moral entropy.”

“I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do.”

“Human language is the new UI layer, bots are like new applications, and digital assistants are meta apps. Intelligence is infused into all of your interactions.”

“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.”

“The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.”

“But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.”