Intellectual Quotes · Page 45

Humans, the supremely social mammals, are ethical and intellectual sponges. We unconsciously absorb, for good or ill, the influences that surround us.

— George Monbiot

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

— Nathanael Emmons

I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.

— Claude Levi-Strauss

Either the human being must suffer and struggle as the price of a more searching vision, or his gaze must be shallow…

— Thomas de Quincey

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

— Aldous Huxley

I don't think German films have to be heavy or intellectual the way they sometimes used to be.

— Til Schweiger

We represent the only efficient moral, intellectual and political force capable of saving human civilization.

— Lyndon LaRouche

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

— Oscar Wilde

There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there…

— Theodore Beale

In the case of [Antonio] Gramsci, the Fascist government agreed that he was a "model intellectual" in [Edward] Said's sense, and for…

— Noam Chomsky

In The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson turns 'making the personal public' into a romantic, intellectual wet dream. A gorgeous book, inventive, fearless, and…

— Kim Gordon

Voting in particular is an embarrassment, being a public display of weak character and low intelligence. Let us face the truth: Democracy,…

— Fred Reed

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata…

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

I need a challenge. I need the intellectual stimulation. I'm a member of a community on each film, working in concert to…

— Harrison Ford

The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation…

— Alfred North Whitehead

You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring.…

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Take a look at the current debates in Washington, and of course, everything in the media. Only one issue is discussed: the…

— Noam Chomsky

Our churches are filled with Christians who are idling in intellectual neutral. As Christians, their minds are going to waste. One result…

— William Lane Craig

There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age…

— Noam Chomsky

Capitalist agricultural production prevents the return to the soil of its elements consumed by man in the form of food and clothing;…

— Karl Marx

I've always thought Anne-Marie Slaughter would make a fantastic United States Senator or something. She's a real intellectual, but she's got enormous…

— Michael Ignatieff

If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society.…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had…

— John Bagot Glubb

I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who was even…

— Michel Foucault

The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional.

— Noam Chomsky

I just thought: Oh goodness, you can wear nice clothes and get your hair done and still be a feminist and a…

— Jacqueline Rose

We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.

— R. C. Sproul

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Whether the person should then be called "an intellectual" seems to reduce the issue to a question of terminology.

— Noam Chomsky

Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.

— Gordon Gee

“My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]”

— Arthur C. Clarke

The object of basic education is the physical, intellectual and moral development of children through the medium of handicraft.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about…

— Richard Hamming

The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated…

— Ernestine Rose

Painting fulfills a need to be non-intellectual. There are times when we have to get our brains out in our fingers.

— Ray Bradbury

Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very…

— Geraldine James

I treat everyone equally whether you are an intellectual, a layman or an auto driver.

— Joy Mathew

Sometimes we have to be cat, sometimes rat, but eventually we evolve to become more intellectual.

— Jatin Tanwer

When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.

— Kalup Linzy

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from…

— Michael Ovitz