#intel

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us. ↗

— George Tenet

#break #culture #drag #ever #faith

The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#bible #british #british museum #collection #complete

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#glass #heaven #intellect #light #like

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#borrow #brains #i #i can #only

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#i #intellect #need #rest #time

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#ideas #kind #really #taste

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. ↗

— George Tenet

#careful #days #difficult #discussion #hear

Remember to be as smart as you are. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#remember #smart #you

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant. ↗

— Patti Smith

#insight #intelligent #kind #like #people

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#feebleness #forgetting #fortify #human #intellect