Quotes about Intelligence

I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade's facts.

That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.

I believe you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes.

consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

Crime is common. Logic is rare.

As a cell contains a natural intelligence by which it fosters the healthy functioning of the body, I, too, have natural intelligence that fosters the perfect unfolding of my life.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.

A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.