“Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward democracy was made in the 1990s, and perhaps the next step can happen now. If this happens, the West needs to see it in time and support it in an intelligent way.” BelieveMovingChanceSupportDemocracyIntelligent Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“A lot of times, when you're acting, you have to explain things to the audience, and it's boring work to do that. It's really hard to make that interesting. I like the discovery of characters. I think people are smart. Audiences are intelligent and can figure things out by just watching behaviors.” PeopleThinkingCharacterInterestingActingAudienceBehaviorSmartIntelligentBoring Author:Andie MacDowell
“We have to be emotionally intelligent. It also means that what works one day may not work the next or what works for one group of people many not work for another. I love managerial leadership because it is dynamic. The implication is that we have to stay curious about what compels, what motivates, what inspires, what relates, and what energizes.” PeopleMeanInspireOne DayIntelligentCurious Author:Chip Espinoza
“A related aspect of intelligent consciousness is delay of gratification: the wisdom to accurately predict whether delay rather than acting on impulse will yield greater benefit.” ActingConsciousnessIntelligentImpulseGratification Author:Michio Kaku
“From the public's perspective, they like to see guys that go out there and stand. Now, if you happen to be one of those two athletes that are standing out there and trading with each other, afterwards you would disagree with those people. The spectators are not on the receiving end of all those strikes. I have young guys who say, "I like to stand and trade." I say, "Really? Then you are not a very intelligent fighter."” PeopleGuyPerspectiveIntelligentTradeAthleteFighterDisagreeStanding OutTrading Author:Dan Severn
“It is important to know that criticism is a natural part of life and speaking out, and to know that a certain amount of the criticism you receive may have nothing to do with you, your argument, or the way you are articulating yourself. Some criticism online and in the physical world is neither constructive, nor balanced or intelligent. Some of it is abuse.” WorldImportantNaturalArgumentCriticismAbuseIntelligentOnlineSpeaking Out Author:Tara Moss
“I love being a woman. I never wanted to be a man or needed to prove I was just like them. I graduated law school at USC, won moot court honors, and finished high in my graduating class, so I knew who I was. I knew I was intelligent and educated and strong. Being a woman has always helped me in many ways.” MenSchoolStrongLove IsHonorProveIntelligentEducatedGraduatesLaw School Author:Cynthia Garrett
“I read a lot of conservatives. They are thoughtful and intelligent and annoying, and I always read them because they have viewpoints that challenge my own, even thought they are wrong. But this does me no good because, being intelligent and sophisticated human beings, they are all contemptuous of Trump. They hate him. They find him...vulgar.” HateChallengesIntelligentThoughtfulAnnoyingSophisticatedVulgar Author:Gene Weingarten
“The intelligent Trump supporter will be someone who is so cynical about politics that he wants the world blown up, and doesn't care if the person doing the blowing up is an obnoxious, infantile vulgarian. I don't know where to find these people. Do you?” PeopleWorldCareIntelligentCynicalSupporterObnoxious Author:Gene Weingarten
“Intelligent machines will continue that mechanization process, taking over the more menial aspects of cognition and elevating our mental lives towards creativity, curiosity, beauty, and joy. These are what truly makes us human.” JoyCreativityIntelligentCuriosity Author:Garry Kasparov
“We must be optimistic about the future because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we are creative and ambitious, intelligent machines will liberate us and be as profound a boon to our prosperity as electricity. If we are fearful, and fail to press ahead, we could be overwhelmed by automation and inequality.” CreativeFailingIntelligentProfoundProsperityOptimisticInequalityFearfulAmbitiousProphecyElectricityOverwhelmed Author:Garry Kasparov
“I've seen up close the benefits and drawbacks of kids working with super-strong chess programs in their training, and they definitely think differently than past generations thanks to this alien influence. While we are making our machines more intelligent, they are also changing how we think.” ThinkingKidsPastInfluenceTrainingProgramIntelligentChessThanksAliens Author:Garry Kasparov
“The word "spiritual" normally means something that's distinct from the fleshly or the material. It's not of the world. But that version of spirituality is bankrupt today. It had its use when the program of science divested matter from the spiritual qualities - - the qualities of a self, or of a being. When science divested the world of those qualities and made it into just a thing, rather than a self, it gave us license to treat it as just a thing, and not as something sacred, conscious, alive, intelligent. So this is tied into the whole trajectory of our civilization.” WorldMeanTodaySpiritualSpiritualityQualityConsciousProgramIntelligent Author:Charles Eisenstein
“I'm naturally inclined to want to be funny and make people laugh, and that's what I want to do with my life. I also want to do it on an intelligent level. I want to kill the clown but I also want to preserve the comedian.” PeopleLaughingIntelligentComedianClownMaking People Laugh Author:Casey Neistat
“If a person is constantly evolving, constantly reading new material and being exposed to new material and growing in life, then you're becoming, hopefully, a more intelligent and well-rounded individual. If you're not then something's wrong and you're sliding back in the other direction.” ReadingIndividualIntelligentHopefullyEvolve Author:Clint Eastwood
“That's something you can't get off the wires in New York is people providing intelligent coverage of what your theater company in Podunk is up to. Many of the people who write what we call amateur criticism are professionals in anything other than name and receiving a paycheck. Very often, they know more than the professional critic who might be writing for their local newspaper. So, really, I'm all for it. It's changing the playing field, it's shaking things up, it's going to make the critical environment a healthier environment.” PeopleWritingEnvironmentCriticismIntelligentCriticsWireShaking Author:Terry Teachout
“First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn't intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have one hit picture, but he won't be able to follow it up. So I look for intelligence.” SuccessfulIntelligent Author:Roger Corman
“Alan Rickman has a huge presence in the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer and takes an enormous amount of space with no effort. I wanted somebody to leave behind a strong impact and be a threat for Grenouille. When Alan takes to the screen, we immediately know there's an intelligent, instinctive and powerful force, so if he's pursuing our main guy then our main guy is in trouble.” GuyStrongPowerfulEffortTroubleIntelligentThreatMurderer Author:Tom Tykwer
“I believe that even an airport can be an inspiring place for an artist. A Nobel Prize laureate once said something along the lines of, "The more one travels, the more intelligent one becomes," however, I think that you can still travel a lot and remain sheltered.” ThinkingBelieveArtistI BelieveIntelligentPrizeNobel Prize Author:Isa Genzken
“I think the smart people will get even smarter, and the dumb people will get even dumber. But I think they all will enjoy A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, no matter how you slice it. You know, we keep eating it up. Some of the most intelligent people I know cannot get enough of it. That's a dangerous thing.” PeopleThinkingEnoughEnjoyDangerousEatingSmartIntelligentDumbSmart PeopleTequilaDumb People Author:Joel McHale
“Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.” PeopleImportantIntelligent Author:Ted Rall
“Society should emphasize personality. Accomplishment. Interest. Intelligent things. I think everybody should look as good as possible too.” ThinkingInterestPersonalityIntelligentAccomplishment Author:Iris Apfel
“Howard Marks is very intelligent and well read, eloquent, witty, charming. I think it was those qualities that got him through. I was interested to explore that because generally, we perceive criminals as dark, twisted, angry characters. Howard isn't any of those. He was punished for his crime, released from prison, and has lived to tell the tale.” ThinkingCharacterDarkQualityCrimeIntelligentPrisonWittyPerceiveCharmingTwistedEloquent Author:Rhys Ifans
“I have to remind myself - I think the population of the United States has been subjected to the most sophisticated form of propaganda and mind control that any group of people has been exposed to in a very, very long time. It's difficult for people in this country to get any kind of factual information and to make intelligent decisions based on them.” PeopleThinkingMindKindLongCountryDifficultDecisionIntelligentPropagandaSophisticatedMind ControlFactual Author:Aaron McGruder
“An intelligent sociopath can learn the rules about what's good and what's bad, what people see as good and bad. But they don't get that intervening sense of guilt, that pang of conscience, on account of it. So they tend to know what's wrong or right, they just don't care. That's another thing that they can use against us: that we do care. We're predictable in that.” PeopleCareConscienceIntelligentGuiltGood And BadPredictableSociopath Author:Martha Stout
“We have friends who don't use psychoactive materials but who are still interested in how the brain works and psychology and spiritual training. It's a very large and very intelligent bunch of people. We have two big parties each year where people bring food and drink and get to know each other. It makes a very good party.” PeopleSpiritualPartyBrainPsychologyDrinkTrainingIntelligentVery Good Author:Ann Shulgin
“What I advocate for is that, as soon as we get to the point when artificial intelligence can take off and be as smart, or even 10 times more intelligent than us, we stop that research and we have the research of cranial implant technology or the brainwave. And we make that so good so that, when artificial intelligence actually decides - when we actually decide to switch the on-button - human beings will also be a part of that intelligence. We will be merged, basically directly.” TechnologySmartIntelligentArtificial Intelligence Author:Zoltan Istvan
“The chances of human beings being the only intelligent form of life in the universe are so minuscule that it's really kind of crazy to actually - no scientist could ever argue that we would be alone. It's much more likely that there are hundreds of thousands of other intelligences and other life forms out there in the universe just based on a strictly mathematical formula. And what that means is that artificial intelligence has probably already occurred in the universe.” KindMeanUniverseChanceCrazyScientistIntelligentArguingMathematicalArtificial Intelligence Author:Zoltan Istvan
“If there's something else already out there in the universe, it would almost certainly have puts limits on our growth of intelligence. And the reason it would have put limits on us is because it doesn't want us to grow so intelligent that we would one day maybe take away their superpowered intelligence. Whatever advanced intelligence evolves, it always puts a roadblock in the way of other intelligences evolving. And the reason this happens is so nobody can take away one's power, no matter how far up the ladder they've gone.” ReasonUniverseGrowthOne DayIntelligentEvolveWant URoadblock Author:Zoltan Istvan
“Once you've created an intelligence so smart, the real job of that intelligence is to protect itself from other intelligences becoming more intelligent than it. It's just kind of like human beings. The way you look at money or the way you look at the success of your child, you always want to make sure that as far as it gets, it can protect itself and continue forward. So I think any type of intelligence, no matter what it is, is going to have this very basic principle to protect the power that it has gained.” ThinkingKindChildrenRealProtectSmartIntelligentOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Zoltan Istvan
“A lot of loud people have been talking over the years; they have these huge voices but don't say much. I'm sure there are a lot of really quiet people who have a lot more intelligent things to say than the loud people.” PeopleQuietIntelligent Author:Patrick Watson
“I was coming from a theater background. I had an obsession with classic film and cool, interesting, intelligent television. I didn't really understand the way the mainstream television industry worked. I just thought "The wire is so good that it's going to be a huge hit, and we'll get awards up the yin-yang forever." That's what I thought!” FilmInterestingForeverIntelligentObsessionClassicWire Author:Lance Reddick
“I am really interested in the idea that art can reach wider, can go further, can go beyond the art world, why not? People are intelligent, people are visually intelligent, and why shouldn't the work be able to engage some of that?” PeopleWorldArtIntelligent Author:Anish Kapoor
“As you get older, you choose friends based on not only what feels resonant and warm but if they're bringing something to your life. My women friends are incredibly intelligent. There's no posturing, no competition. Especially in Los Angeles, I see pockets of friends who are very competitive, and I think, What is the point? I would rather be alone in bed with a book than have a girlfriend who is like that.” ThinkingBookIntelligentCompetitionGirlfriendLos AngelesYou Choose Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“There are a few things that tend to infuriate me. One is ignorance, because I have become accustomed to speaking to very intelligent people like Gore Vidal and Al Franken on a regular basis, since dating Bill Maher.” PeopleIgnoranceDatingIntelligent Author:Karrine Steffans
“When I'm in an interview with someone who is not intelligent, but flat-out ignorant, idiotic and stupid, or just an ass, it really gives me a headache.” GivingStupidIntelligentIgnorantAssHeadacheIdiotic Author:Karrine Steffans
“I continually improve my game by discussing hands with other intelligent players. Learning from your mistakes and immersing yourself in the study of the game is huge. My strengths: the ability to play any style, relentless aggression, and the ability to not tilt.” AbilityMistakeStudyPlayerStyleIntelligentAggressionRelentlessLearn From Your Mistakes Author:Jason Mercier
“When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young girl, I had a vision of the woman I wanted to be. And I often reached out to women of color in America for inspiration. My mother would regularly buy Essence and Ebony. I would look at those magazines filled with images of professional, intelligent women of color who knew who they were, who enjoyed who they were, and who were surrounded by other people who enjoyed who they were. When I look in the mirror, I'm really glad that that's what I see today, but it took awhile to get here.” PeopleChildrenInspirationTodayMotherGirlVisionIntelligentGlad Author:Amma Asante
“I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.” ThinkingTermPaintingIntelligentSense Of Humor Author:Theresa Russell
“As an actor, you're just taking temperature. I am anyway, all the time, and responding appropriately. I was again cast very last-minute for Rushmore and met Wes Anderson, this quite physically and socially awkward man who didn't really talk to me much, a precocious and intelligent young boy. And Bill Murray. And we were sort of left in this bizarre hotel together and taken to strange locations around Houston. That was quite an isolating experience.” MenTogetherBoysTakenStrangeIntelligentHotelAwkwardBizarreTalk To Me Author:Olivia Williams
“Finding intelligent life would encourage people and also of course the opportunity of learning a tremendous amount, but this is a danger. We might be so overwhelmed with knowledge and information, that we might be depressed or even become suicidal - because what's the point if they're thousands of years ahead of us? Why should we bother? - or become the ultimate couch potatoes.” PeopleOpportunityDangerUltimateIntelligentBotherOverwhelmedSuicidalIntelligent Life Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“In fact, one of the arguments for searching for intelligent life in space, elsewhere, is that we have no evidence that intelligence has any survival value. The most successful creatures on this planet are the cockroaches. They've been around, what is it, 100 million years or so and I suspect they'll still be there 100 million years in the future. Maybe intelligence is an evolutionary aberration which dooms its possessors in the way armor may have doomed some of the dinosaurs.” ValuesSuccessfulSurvivalEvidenceArgumentIntelligentElsewhereDoomIntelligent Life Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“In the Swiss government there is a will to limit the number of doctors themselves, because with new bilateral agreements with the European Union, there is what we call the "free flow of persons"; that our borders are open to immigration. And as the Swiss doctors are better paid than others, we could have a huge increase of immigration of doctors, more than we need. So we decided to limit the numbers of doctors coming into Switzerland. It is not a very intelligent system, but it is the best one that we have found to limit immigration of doctors.” IntelligentImmigrationEuropean Union Author:Pascal Couchepin
“To me, the most poetic and intelligent way to bring up a subject is by showing very simply who you are and what you believe in.” BelieveIntelligentWho You ArePoetic Author:Carla Bruni
“Mel Brooks and David Zucker - there are very few people who know silly, and they're usually hugely intelligent, because you have to be intelligent to get it. Like the Marx brothers. I love it.” PeopleBrotherIntelligentSilly Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“I think that I'm still very enthusiastic about every single thing that I do. I'm still very passionate. I never feel tired because I feel so involved and so com- mitted, so I enjoy it. And you know what? I have a lot of irony. I love the humor, and when I really, really want to just say, "You know what? I can't stand all this," I find an ironical way. I say, "You know, maybe you presume to be more intelligent than you are." So I respond in a more humoristic way.” ThinkingEnjoyIntelligentTiredPassionateIronyEnthusiastic Author:Franca Sozzani
“I actually felt like college was a much better and more comfortable environment for me than high school was. I think that can largely be attributed to the fact that I go to Barnard, which is a women's college that promotes women's leadership, a strong community and independence which are all things I obviously value. Before I got to school I think I expected most women there to identify as feminist, which I found wasn't necessarily the case, but I loved that I was able to have really intelligent and stimulating conversations with women about feminism no matter how they identified.” ThinkingSchoolValuesStrongCommunityEnvironmentFeminismCollegeHigh SchoolIntelligentIndependenceFeminist Author:Julie Zeilinger
“People seem very arrogant when they say 'I'm right and you're wrong', but in practice we all believe we're right. We have a staggering arrogance in our own belief. That can be tempered by not being 100% certain; by being provisional. No matter what the debate is, very few people have the modesty to suspend judgement on a whole range of things; most intelligent people have an opinion and are expected to have an opinion by other people - but it always requires making a personal judgement that goes way-beyond your expertise. We do it all the time.” PeopleBelieveBeliefOpinionIntelligentDebateJudgementArroganceArrogantModestyExpertise Author:Julian Baggini
“I realized that, to a large degree, I had kept my rational mind at bay my whole life. I just acted on intuition in terms of how I related to life. At some point, my rational mind started creeping in, and it would not shut up. I finally had to address it and confront it. I think most intelligent people, at a younger age than I have, begin to question some of the fundamental assumptions our society promotes. But me, I just rejected it without even considering it.” PeopleThinkingMindAgeTermIntelligentIntuitionI RealizedWhole LifeRationalAssumptionRejectedShut Up Author:Jeff Mangum
“I do feel like it's so important not to take that for granted - that opportunity to share your ideas with intelligent, beautiful people.” PeopleImportantBeautifulOpportunityShareIntelligentGrantedBeautiful People Author:Jeff Mangum