Intelligence Quotes

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

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.

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing.

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

Making use of human weaknesses in intelligence work is a logical matter. It keeps coming up, and of course you try to look at all the aspects that interest you in a human being.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

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.

I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.

Intelligence is not a science.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.