In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. ~By Marya Mannes ~
Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process. ~By Blanche Lincoln ~
Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that. ~By Victoria Principal ~
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence. ~By E. Stanley Jones ~
In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. ~By Gijs de Vries ~
The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?' ~By Bill Maher ~
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral. ~By Vernon A. Walters ~
But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire - by showing the anomalies, the Space-Based Radar will change the nature of how we do our analysis and our intelligence. ~By Stephen Cambone ~
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. ~By Clyde Tombaugh ~
The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything. ~By Prince Andrew ~
But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job. ~By Daniel Goleman ~
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. ~By Will Cuppy ~
The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. ~By Aldrich Ames ~
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence. ~By Martin McGuinness ~
We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future. ~By Stephen Cambone ~
There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make. ~By Robert Mueller ~
If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~By Paul Bremer ~
A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence. ~By Jane Harman ~
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision. ~By Thomas A. Edison ~
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ~By Leonardo da Vinci ~
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young. ~By Tanith Lee ~
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. ~By Josh Billings ~
I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show. ~By Nichelle Nichols ~
I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people. ~By Alexander Mackenzie ~
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ~By Henri Frederic Amiel ~
I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right. ~By Harold Pinter ~
Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right. ~By Shirley Hazzard ~
There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. ~By Rebecca West ~
Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. ~By Robert Sternberg ~
But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy. ~By Pierre Laval ~
In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq. ~By Janis Karpinski ~
Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States; the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas. ~By Bobby R. Inman ~
I am not a member of the CIA or any other intelligence agency. ~By James R. Bath ~
Intelligence is nothing without delight. ~By Paul Claudel ~
Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters. ~By Alexander Downer ~
Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations. ~By Leopold Trepper ~
That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence. ~By Miguel de Unamuno ~
Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention. ~By E. Stanley Jones ~
And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received. ~By Frank Carlucci ~
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. ~By Groucho Marx ~
We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence. ~By John Fiske ~
I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars. ~By Michael Caine ~
The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older. ~By Keith Henson ~
Sculpture is the art of the intelligence. ~By Pablo Picasso ~
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. ~By James Allen ~
The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime. ~By Michael K. Simpson ~
If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas. ~By Peter Sotos ~
Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day. ~By Charles Evans Hughes ~
I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context. ~By Ted Stevens ~
You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence. ~By Lee H. Hamilton ~
But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to the level of treason. ~By Charles Foster Bass ~
The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood by people of limited education and modest intelligence. ~By John Jay Hooker ~
It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. ~By F. Scott Fitzgerald ~
Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies. ~By Saxby Chambliss ~
The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. ~By Terry Pratchett ~
In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community. ~By Robert Mueller ~
These are Canadian and United States intelligence and law enforcement offices who are working in teams and who are using good intelligence and good law enforcement to really stop the criminals and terrorists before they ever get to the border. ~By Paul Cellucci ~
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. ~By Edgar Allan Poe ~
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~By Saul Bellow ~
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. ~By Victor Hugo ~
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. ~By Helen Gurley Brown ~
You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. ~By Gijs de Vries ~
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ~By Stephen Hawking ~
The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism. ~By Chris Chocola ~
Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces. ~By Bryant H. McGill ~
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. ~By Giorgio Vasari ~
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. ~By Will Cuppy ~
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. ~By Michael Polanyi ~
Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation. ~By Adam Schiff ~
The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information. ~By Warren Christopher ~
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect. ~By Auguste Rodin ~
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. ~By Bertolt Brecht ~
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong. ~By Arlen Specter ~
There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them. ~By Lactantius ~
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence. ~By George Bernard Shaw ~
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. ~By William F. Buckley, Jr. ~
The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th. ~By Adam Schiff ~
The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security. ~By Jon Porter ~
Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools. ~By Henri Bergson ~
Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world. ~By Chris Chocola ~
Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. ~By Aldrich Ames ~
An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it. ~By Laurence J. Peter ~
We will have to continue to improve our human intelligence system-something that was, unfortunately, lacking in the years which led up to September 11. This is going to be a continuing process of change. ~By John Sununu ~
People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up. ~By Danny Aiello ~
I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But man's intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong. ~By Morarji Desai ~
Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. ~By John McCarthy ~
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. ~By Stephen Hawking ~
Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency. ~By Wayne White ~
It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being. ~By Joseph Franklin Rutherford ~
Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that it amounts almost to outright insult. ~By James Randolph Adams ~
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ~By Thomas Szasz ~
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. ~By Julian Assange ~
Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs. ~By Charles Foster Bass ~
I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission. ~By Paul Cellucci ~
Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence. ~By John Michael Hayes ~
In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency's impact on American policy. ~By Aldrich Ames ~
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons. ~By Douglas Feith ~
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it. ~By Thomas Kempis ~
Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery. ~By Thomas Moore ~
Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen. ~By John Ciardi ~
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