(1427 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
“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
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Ernest Hemingway
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
Rene Descartes
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
Napoleon Hill
“"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters”
Ayn Rand
“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink”
E. E. Cummings
“Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.”
“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