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Jacques Yves Cousteau

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

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Asa Don Brown

"We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!"

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"The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something."

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"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

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"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander."

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"Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt."

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"Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful."

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"Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. I make money studying natural stupidity."

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"The Knowledgeable has the intelligent answer but only the intelligent one asks for a knowledgeable question."

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Asa Don Brown

"Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definition."

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"For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth."

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"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."
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"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."
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"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself."
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"However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day."
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"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets."
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"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on."
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"The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult."
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"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."
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"The sea is the universal sewer."
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"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
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