--- title: "29 Anti Intellectual Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 29 Anti Intellectual quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Anti Intellectual sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/joan-vass-248461_books_people-shock-me-when-they-say-they-never_1894378.jpg" --- > [“People shock me when they say they never read. When I was young, if people didn't read they would never admit it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-vass/people-shock-me-when-they-say-they-never-read-when-i-was-young-if/) [Joan Vass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-vass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/joan-vass-248461_books_people-shock-me-when-they-say-they-never_1894378.jpg) > [That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/that-s-what-social-media-is-that-s-what-twitter-is-that-s-what/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/david-cross-3386_intellectual_that-s-what-social-media-is-that-s-what_2971130.png) > [We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/we-live-in-what-may-be-the-most-anti-intellectual-period-in-the/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/r-c-sproul-1006_civilization_we-live-in-what-may-be-the-most-anti-int_713032.png) > [There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/there-are-many-non-intellectual-countries-australia-is-one-of-the-few/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/george-mikes-4493_australia_there-are-many-non-intellectual-countrie_932352.png) > [I derided Christians as anti-intellectual bigots who were too weak to face the reality that there is no rhyme or reason to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-powers/i-derided-christians-as-anti-intellectual-bigots-who-were-too-weak-to/) [Kirsten Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-powers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kirsten-powers-9672_christianity_i-derided-christians-as-anti-intellectua_1818355.png) > [I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-m-not-interested-in-the-fact-that-a-writer-may-label-himself-as/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/jorge-luis-borges-275_facts_i-m-not-interested-in-the-fact-that-a-wr_853458.jpg) > [“Religion was dangerous, anti-intellectual, a crutch for the masses, and a game for the foolish, the poor, and the hypocrites. (Jacques Miroux)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-c-rosenberg/religion-was-dangerous-anti-intellectual-a-crutch-for-the-masses-and/) [Joel C. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-c-rosenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/joel-c-rosenberg-16386_hypocrites_religion-was-dangerous-anti-intellectual_2812807.png) > [I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-was-anti-intellectual-to-the-nth-basically-i-liked-to-dance-and/) [Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/joni-mitchell-1160_intellectual_i-was-anti-intellectual-to-the-nth-basic_1384164.png) > [“The tragedy is that thinking men, so-called intellectuals, seem to threaten the electorate. We have in this country an anti-intellectual strain that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrna-loy/the-tragedy-is-that-thinking-men-so-called-intellectuals-seem-to/) [Myrna Loy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrna-loy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/myrna-loy-30027_american-politics_the-tragedy-is-that-thinking-men-so-call_2847580.jpg) > [To have Zen is to be in a state of pure sensation. It is to be freed from the grip of concepts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keightley/to-have-zen-is-to-be-in-a-state-of-pure-sensation-it-is-to-be-freed/) [Alan Keightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keightley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/alan-keightley-63448_concepts_to-have-zen-is-to-be-in-a-state-of-pure_3135102.jpg) > [Phillip Roth uses his Black women characters to make anti intellectual remarks about Black history month, begun by a man who reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-reed/phillip-roth-uses-his-black-women-characters-to-make-anti/) [Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ishmael-reed-7430_bigots_phillip-roth-uses-his-black-women-charac_3074083.png) > [“Anti-intellectual resentment is common in all of American life and it has many diverse expressions. Refusing to draft college players might have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/anti-intellectual-resentment-is-common-in-all-of-american-life-and-it/) [Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/michael-lewis-705_american-life_anti-intellectual-resentment-is-common-i_807648.png) > [There's the anti-intellectual movement in society and I don't blame them entirely for feeling that way because we all know people, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-s-the-anti-intellectual-movement-in-society-and-i-don-t-blame/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_blame_there-s-the-anti-intellectual-movement-i_1725995.png) > [You need to know a lot about what's going on, but when it comes to making the work, I take almost an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-zuck/you-need-to-know-a-lot-about-what-s-going-on-but-when-it-comes-to/) [Tim Zuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-zuck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/tim-zuck-76680_ends_you-need-to-know-a-lot-about-what-s-goin_2065960.jpg) > [George Bush ran a campaign where he bragged about being an anti-intellectual, dismissing his Harvard and Yale pedigree, pretending he was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/george-bush-ran-a-campaign-where-he-bragged-about-being-an-anti/) [Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/michael-eric-dyson-1424_about_george-bush-ran-a-campaign-where-he-brag_2514566.jpg) > [We believe in cures; we're a quick-fix country, and we drive forward, and we eat up what we have extremely fast in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-means/we-believe-in-cures-we-re-a-quick-fix-country-and-we-drive-forward/) [David Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/david-means-12399_believe_we-believe-in-cures-we-re-a-quick-fix-co_1740453.jpg) > [“R.C. Sproul has written that "we live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization." As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/r-c-sproul-has-written-that-we-live-in-what-may-be-the-most-anti/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/john-piper-255_fundamentalism_r-c-sproul-has-written-that-we-live-in-w_1007238.png) > [“Where are we as a modern civilization if our educational institutions conspire to train only a fraction of our capacities? and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-taylor/where-are-we-as-a-modern-civilization-if-our-educational-institutions/) [Eugene Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/eugene-taylor-100227_education_where-are-we-as-a-modern-civilization-if_2214866.jpg) > [I think, if you can only talk about your stuff in a jargonistic way, you're not as smart as you think. You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lopatin/i-think-if-you-can-only-talk-about-your-stuff-in-a-jargonistic-way/) [Daniel Lopatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-lopatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/daniel-lopatin-48275_communication_i-think-if-you-can-only-talk-about-your_1566079.jpg) > [If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-by-intellectual-you-mean-people-who-are-a-special-class-who-are-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/noam-chomsky-42_believe_if-by-intellectual-you-mean-people-who-a_3100820.jpg) > [“And I wonder, therefore, how James Atlas can have been so indulgent in his recent essay ‘The Changing World of New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/and-i-wonder-therefore-how-james-atlas-can-have-been-so-indulgent-in/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/christopher-hitchens-117_age-life_and-i-wonder-therefore-how-james-atlas-c_943547.jpg) > [There's a big anti-intellectual strain in the American south, and there always has been. We're not big on thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/there-s-a-big-anti-intellectual-strain-in-the-american-south-and/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/donna-tartt-391_america_there-s-a-big-anti-intellectual-strain-i_2972686.jpg) > [“In a country as profoundly anti-intellectual as ours it is predictable that our leaders will do whatever they can in order not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-rojstaczer/in-a-country-as-profoundly-anti-intellectual-as-ours-it-is/) [Stuart Rojstaczer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-rojstaczer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/stuart-rojstaczer-19719_intellectual_in-a-country-as-profoundly-anti-intellec_2746764.jpg) > [The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/the-species-of-anti-enlightenment-religion-we-find-among-evangelical/) [Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/allen-w-wood-2748_enlightenment_the-species-of-anti-enlightenment-religi_881564.jpg) > [Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ball/americans-are-genuinely-and-profoundly-anti-intellectual-they-are/) [Jesse Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/jesse-ball-10640_americans_americans-are-genuinely-and-profoundly-a_402504.jpg) > [I think if I hadn't become a sociologist, I would have become very anti-intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-bourdieu/i-think-if-i-hadn-t-become-a-sociologist-i-would-have-become-very/) [Pierre Bourdieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-bourdieu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/pierre-bourdieu-16809_become_i-think-if-i-hadn-t-become-a-sociologist_2881446.jpg) > [Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/science-at-bottom-is-really-anti-intellectual-it-always-distrusts/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/anonymous-1_bottom_science-at-bottom-is-really-anti-intelle_1720708.jpg) > [It only takes a day to change someone from an anti-intellectual to an intellectual by persuading him that he might be one!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-land/it-only-takes-a-day-to-change-someone-from-an-anti-intellectual-to-an/) [Edwin Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/edwin-land-7636_intellectual_it-only-takes-a-day-to-change-someone-fr_5540.png) > [That's the funny thing about cinema, it is an intellectual medium, but it's also sort of anti-intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/that-s-the-funny-thing-about-cinema-it-is-an-intellectual-medium-but/) [Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/brit-marling-7629_cinema_that-s-the-funny-thing-about-cinema-it-i_2481466.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-intellectual/#itemlist", "name": "Anti Intellectual Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People shock me when they say they never read. 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Gone are the days of Partisan Review , Delmore Schwartz, Dwight MacDonald etc etc. No longer the tempest of debate over Trotsky, The Waste Land , Orwell, blah, blah. Today the assimilation of the Jewish American, the rise of rents in midtown Manhattan, the erosion of Village life, yawn, yawn. The drift to the right, the rediscovery of patriotism, the gruesome maturity of the once iconoclastic Norman Podhoretz, okay, okay ! I have one question which Atlas in his much-ballyhooed article did not even discuss. The old gang may have had regrettable flirtations. Their political compromises, endlessly reviewed, may have exhibited naivety or self-regard. But much of that record is still educative, and the argument did take place under real pressure from anti-semitic and authoritarian enemies. 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