People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. Use this quote
The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Use this quote
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. Use this quote
A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. Use this quote
We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253. Use this quote
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Use this quote
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. Use this quote
I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest. Use this quote
In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. Use this quote
In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence. Use this quote
George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go. Use this quote
The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness. Use this quote
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. Use this quote
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Use this quote
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. Use this quote
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. Use this quote
