Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“In an intellectual battle, you do not need to convert everyone. History is made by minorities - or, more precisely, history is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A real intelligent or brilliant or intellectual or genius or wise is always nice to distinguish and differentiate effortlessly the virtues from… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
“People are called intellectuals because they're privileged. It's not because they're smart or they know a lot. There are plenty of people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built their stolid tents of specialized knowledge and stayed securely in them.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
A man who says something different from the normal talk always appear to others to be running ahead, apart and fast even… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Smart is being Intellectual. Being wise is learning from your mistakes and gaining knowledge, that turn into wisdom that makes good decisions! — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
Everybody loves Vegas, and everybody puts it down, especially intellectuals and artists. We have to rub our feet on it, but we're… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
There are not many intellectuals left of Harold Pinter's stature who dare raise their voices - and with such force - against… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“Atheism or similar charges was not unusual among intellectuals, nor condemned by the masses. The prize-winning plays of Aristophanes were not merely… — Benjamin Jowett Copy Share Image
“Two classes of people make up the world: those who have found God, and those who are looking for Him - thirsting,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Computer science only indicates the retrospective omnipotence of our technologies. In other words, an infinite capacity to process data (but only data… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving… — Victoria Wood Copy Share Image
Mainstream Jewish intellectuals became 'pro'-Israel after the June 1967 war when Israel became the U.S.A.' s strategic asset in the Middle East,… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
“Compare, for example, seventeenth century writers with those of the eighteenth. What a difference in tone and gait! The former, under a… — Edouard Berth Copy Share Image
One of the categories of people I don't like much are intellectuals. People say, 'Oh, you're an intellectual,' and I say, 'No!'… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Intellectuals are real and actuals who speak first to bare open and bring fore the burning matters factual before others can speak… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
