Intellectual Acuity Quotes

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent -- he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.[

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

I possess a strong sense of reason.

Keep your intelligence white hot and your grief glistening“ so your life will stay fresh.

All of us were slowly losing that intellectual light that allows you always to tell the similar from the identical, the metaphorical from the real.

Gianni Agnelli was a sharp mind, and most of his interviews carried meanings between the lines that only now are fully readable.