Verbal Intelligence Quotes

#1. It was the sheer force of the letters themselves which brought forth the meaning, since the only link between the Sephirot of non-verbal Wisdom and verbal Intelligence was through the letters of the alphabet.

Johanna Drucker

#2. Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Peggy Noonan

#3. You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean they're not intelligent creatures.

Bryan Fuller

#4. universe. The Big Bang may be the beginning of the universe, or it may be a discontinuity in which information about the earlier history of the universe was destroyed.

Anonymous

#5. You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.

Brian Clough

#6. I was a lot braver when I was eight.

Claire Cook

#7. The smile made her want to hug him, and maybe love him up some more. Stupid smile.

Jill Shalvis

#8. Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

Samantha Power

#9. Many of my colleagues are not able to run their family budget. On the other hand, I look at some of the apparatchiks in research councils, and I have even less trust in their abilities. Good intentions have always paved the road to hell.

Andre Geim

#10. You're braver than you believe and stronger and smarter than you think.

A.A. Milne

#11. Checking email every 45 seconds is not only compulsive, it's presumptuous. It suggests a belief that anyone who sends us a message needs us to read it immediately, even if the message is from SkyMall telling us our Bigfoot Garden Yeti statue has shipped.

Meghan Daum

#12. Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.

Peter Agre

#13. Semantics, Admiral. I'd appreciate an honest answer."

"I'd appreciate a multitude of honest answers, but I rarely expect to receive them." Miriam sighed; the verbal tete-a-tete was growing tiresome. Time to bring an end to it with, ironically, honesty.

G.S. Jennsen

#14. I will not engage in verbal controversy with the sceptic, because long experience has taught me that the sceptic's ultimate skepticism is about the use of his own words and the reliability of his own intelligence.

G.K. Chesterton

#15. Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line.

Ric Flair

#16. That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me.

Obert Skye

#17. He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#18. When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just winning medals. I'm not preparing for any special skills for Sochi because I don't feel like they are necessary.

Kim Yuna

#19. When we talk about our problems, we create more of them. When we talk about solutions and positive responses, we create more solutions and positive responses.

Caroline A. Shearer