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Intelligible Quotes (page 35)

Alfred North Whitehead quote: "In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the..."
In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Alfred North Whitehead
Bertrand Russell quote: "The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the..."
The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell
If there's another writer, like Ross McDonald or Raymond Chandler, and all they're writing are mysteries, they won't be accepted," he said. "And that's problematic. A lot of so-called literary novels are just not very good. They're not well-written, they're not well-thought-out. They have pyrotechnics of intelligence."On the other hand, some of the best writers and speculative ideas are in science-fiction. The science-fiction genre is completely, completely segregated. And these people are... Walter Mosley
T.S. Eliot deems dangerous the tendency "to associate tradition with the immovable; to think of it as something hostile to all change; to aim to return to some previous condition which we imagine as having been capable of preservation in perpetuity". "Tradition without intelligence, he challenges, "is not worth having. T. S. Eliot
Virginia Woolf quote: "How much, let me note, depends upon trousers; the intelligent..."
How much, let me note, depends upon trousers; the intelligent head is entirely handicapped by shabby trousers. Virginia Woolf
When we awake it is the animal, the plant, that thinks in us. Primitive thought without the least disguise. We see a terrible universe, because we see clearly. A little later, intelligence introduces its impeding contrivances. It brings the little toys which man invents in order to hide the void. It is then that we think we are seeing clearly. We attribute our uneasiness to the miasmas of the brain as it passes from dream to reality. Jean Cocteau
Terry Prachett quote: "Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try..."
Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through. Terry Prachett
I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence whenthey will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade's facts. Arthur Conan Doyle
W. H. Auden quote: "The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling..."
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident. W. H. Auden
If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious. Yevgeny Zamyatin
Mere lack of evidence, of course, is no reason to denounce a theory. Look at intelligent design. The fact that it is bollocks hasn’t stopped a good many people from believing in it. Darwinism itself is only supported by tons of evidence, which is a clear indication that Darwin didn’t write his books himself. Eric Idle
They don't have intelligence. They have what I like to call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences. That's how you get an island like this. From thintelligent thinking. Michael Crichton
Wallace Stevens quote: "The poem must resist the intelligence almost successfully."
The poem must resist the intelligence almost successfully. Wallace Stevens
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would..."
I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence. F. Scott Fitzgerald
...If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own making and struggle, lonely and confused. So like children, we begin again... to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly. (from the poem "How Sure Gravity's Law") Rainer Maria Rilke

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