Famous Quotes

"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

John Ciardi on Intelligence

More quotes about Intelligence

• "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

  Albert Einstein on Intelligence

• "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

  Albert Einstein on Intelligence

• "Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

  Albert Einstein on Intelligence

• "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."

  Albert Einstein on Intelligence

• "We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."

  Albert Einstein on Intelligence

More quotes by John Ciardi

• "Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

• "It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

• "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

• "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

• "A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."