(1424 quotes found)
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”
Albert Einstein
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink”
E. E. Cummings
“"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters”
Ayn Rand
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
William A. Foster
“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done”
Linus Torvalds
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.”