There's a lot of anti-intellectualism in Britain. And the writer's views on this or that are really of less importance, as they… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Essential truth, the truth of the intellectualists, the truth with no one thinking it, is like the coat that fits tho no… — William James Copy Share Image
It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
The stage is life, music, beautiful girls, legs, breasts, not talk or intellectualism or dried-up academics. — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and,… — John Ford Copy Share Image
“Against the urgency of people dying in the streets, what in God's name is the point of cultural studies?...At that point, I… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
“Life, it has been agreed by everyone whose opinion is worth consulting, is the only fit subject for novelist or biographer; life,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the most dangerous by-product of the Age of Intellect is the unconscious growth of the idea that the human brain can… — John Bagot Glubb Copy Share Image
“Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“In the emptiness of the mind, lies wholeness. This wholeness is beyond duality - it is beyond conflicts - it is beyond… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Why get excited over this latest episode in the long, sad history of American anti-intellectualism? Let me suggest that, as patriotic Americans,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“I'd start to explain with the outward sheepish and inner pride of the nerd.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“The good is the brother of the true; it will help its brother.” — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
There is a need for expertise, for real expertise. I'm not doing much to help that cause, but I think we can… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“[L]ike people, ideas have social lives. They’re one way when they’re by themselves, and another when they’re surrounded by their peers. Crammed… — Joshua Rothman Copy Share Image
“Broadly put, philosophers think: politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that most of my intellectual postures and a lot of my intellectualism is super defensive and really symptomatic… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
“When distinction of any kind, even intellectual distinction, is somehow resented as a betrayal of the American spirit of equal opportunity for… — Harold Edmund Stearns Copy Share Image
