“Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.”– Ben Kingsley Related Quotes “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”– Niccolo Machiavelli “My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.”– Helen Gurley Brown “We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.”– Zbigniew Brzezinski