intelligence Quotes

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

A thought is an idea in transit.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'