“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.”– Alfred North Whitehead Related Quotes “I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it’s not as predictable, when you don’t know what’s coming at you.”– Mehmet Oz “Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.”– Ethel Waters “The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.”– George Bancroft