#gen

Sono così intelligente che a volte non capisco una sola parola di quel che sto dicendo. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#intelligence #sarcasm-humor #intelligence

The book in my hands became my trusted companion. What was written there had so much power that it forced me to stop avoiding myself, to make my own choices as well. And through some sort of vital intuition, I understood that I had a long way to go, that it would bring about a profound transformation within me, even though I could not determine it's essence, or its scope. In that book there was a voice, and behind that voice threw was an intelligence that sought to establish contact with me. It was not merely the company of written words that distiller my boredom. It was a living voice, speaking. To me. ↗

— Ingrid Betancourt

#intelligence

I will not dumb myself down to make someone else more comfortable with their ignorance. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#intelligence #intelligence

An intelligent woman with allies can accomplish anything ↗

— Margaret Plant

#plant #spirits #intelligence

Place Saint-Germain-des-Près. Devant la sortie de l'église, le jeune homme qui crie son journal. Demandez l'Antijuif! Vient de paraître! Donc c'est un nouveau numéro. Non, défense de l'acheter. Il s'approche, son mouchoir contre son nez, demande l'Antijuif, paye le jeune homme qui lui sourit. Otez le mouchoir, lui parler, le convaincre? Frère, ne comprends tu pas que tu me tortures? Tu es intelligent, ton visage est beau, aimons nous. Demandez l'Antijuif! Il court, traverse, s'engouffre dans une petite rue, brandit la feuille de haine. Demandez l'Antijuif! crie t il dans la rue déserte. Mort aux juifs! crie t il dans une voix folle. Mort à moi! crie t il, le visage illuminé de larmes. ↗

— Albert Cohen

#belle-du-seigneur #intelligence

Since I enjoy intelligent conversation, I generally want an IQ that's larger than the bra size.” “So, if I’m a drooling idiot, you’ll leave me alone? ↗

— Ann Bruce

#intelligence

Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective. ↗

— Criss Jami

#amount #classification #classify #context #creativity

The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small. ↗

— James Gould Cozzens

#intelligence

Human intelligence is nothing but the stupidity acquired through repression. ↗

— Georg Groddeck

#intelligence

The narrator analyzes that the maturing, passing away boy within him, "had issued me a challenge as he passed the baton to the man in me: He had challenged me to have the courage to become a gentle, harmless man. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#manhood #maturity #courage