#intel

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#eye #fix #intellectual #may #mind

I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on. ↗

— Victoria Wood

#certificate #degree #diving #does #evenings

I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that. ↗

— George Woodcock

#answered #because #head #i #i always

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.' ↗

— Tiger Woods

#coat #dad #dress #influence #intelligence

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#doors #people #smart #smart people #unlocked

The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#accidents #causes #intelligence #man #only

Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling. ↗

— Joe Wright

#afterwards #choices #come #feeling #generally

Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this? ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#happiness #idiots #intelligence #life #beauty

Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#best friend #friend #husband #inspiration #intellectual

Intelligent design itself does not have any content. ↗

— George Gilder

#content #design #does #intelligent #itself