“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.”– Oscar Wilde Related Quotes “We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations.”– Cofer Black “…intelligence nowadays is all about application: it is the ability ‘to take in a complex system and learn its rules on the fly’. For young people, this ability is second nature. Any fool knows that, if you need a new and unfamiliar VCR programmed in a hurry, you commandeer any small passing child to do it.”— Lynne Truss “All the intelligence and talent in the world can’t make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can’t be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.”– Willa Cather