Intellect Quotes

"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
-Albert Einstein

"If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect."
-Herbert Spencer

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
-Galileo Galilei

"If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect."
-Benjamin Franklin

"Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory."
-Leonardo da Vinci

"God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave."
-Sir Francis Bacon

"Content of the character and intellect of our people."
-Fred Mitchell

"It was apparent from the first day we were there that [Roberts] was an extraordinary intellect with a great work ethic, and he was going to do special things. And he has."
-Dean Colson

"Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless."
-Max Born

"Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion."
-James Joyce

"There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs /apart from discernment /a certain greatness to find him."
-Margot Asquith

"If I've got money to change an election, it's going to be a lot easier on me to change your mind. If I'm only trying to change your mind on the basis of your intellect and patriotism, it's much harder."
-Scott Mccown

"Will and intellect are one and the same."
-Bernard M. Baruch

"The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man."
-Charles Sumner

"Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings."
-Patricia Fripp

"Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect."
-Alan Moore

"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience."
-Felix Adler

"From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect."
-Jean Stafford

"We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect."
-John Kenneth Galbraith

"A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect."
-Horace Porter

"Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating."
-Karl Von Clausewitz

"[The yarmulke] is an indication that one recognizes that there is something above you. It says, "Above my intellect is a sign of godliness.""
-Pinchas Stolper

"RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect."
-Ambrose Bierce

"I don't think he did anything to make anyone doubt his strength, intellect or willingness to listen. And that is good."
-Ernie Ankrim