Quotes on Intelligence
I know I have a first-rate mind, but that's no source of pride to me. Intelligent people are a dime a dozen. But I am proud of having character.
Henry Kissinger
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It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.
Rene Descartes
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
Samuel Johnson
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The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
Oscar Wilde
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Hyman Rickover
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein
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I'm no genius. I'm smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.
Thomas Watson Sr.
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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
Charlie Munger
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The brain is a flawed lens through which to see reality. This is true of both mouse brains and human brains. But a human brain is a flawed lens that can understand its own flaws - its systematic errors, its biases - and apply second-order corrections to them. This, in practice, makes the flawed lens far more powerful. Not perfect, but far more powerful.
Eliezer Yudkowsky
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