"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics." ― George Bernard Shaw Topic(s): Intelligence More From George Bernard Shaw "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." "Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended." "We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." More In Intelligence "Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn’t correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ."― Robert Sternberg "When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills."― Daniel Goleman "Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."― Sloan Wilson