That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
“Your thoughts are like broken stars, it appears for short period of time. So note them and share with the intellectuals who… — Rakesh Wadhwani Copy Share Image
Intellectuals (in the standard sense of the term, not [ Edward] Said's prescriptive sense) are the people who write history. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Trotsky was so much an intellectual that in the final analysis, Marxism was not quite enough for him.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Indeed, a convent was a kind of early think tank for women, since it was the preferred choice of intellectuals wanting to… — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have… — Tahar Ben Jelloun 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
We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and… — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
Wasting people's time must be the attractive thing to do now an days. I mean why bother trying to get to know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What drives intellectuals and professors crazy is somebody with a high school diploma who made a fortune in business. They agree with… — James Cook 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
America is run by the rich and powerful in their own interest. To an extent that I think is hard to exaggerate,… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
These anti-public intellectuals are part of a disimagination machine that solidifies the power of the rich and the structures of the military-industrial-surveillance-academic… — Henry Giroux 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
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
“To those who suspect that intellect is a subversive force in society, it will not do to reply that intellect is really… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a… — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably… — Ryan Lilly 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
It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Intellectuals as a class are notoriously prone to fine-sounding theoretical schemes that lead to catastrophe, such as Social Darwinism, Marxism or indeed… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America.… — Douglas Sirk Copy Share Image
You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Despite, or because of their faith in miraculous cures, a strain of superstitious belief ran through this proud, emotionally distant family of… — Meryle Secrest Copy Share Image
There are indications that today the intellectuals are coming back to [Albert] Camus. History has given them reason to, with the fall… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
“Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and… — J. Budziszewski Copy Share Image
I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Intellectuals and creative people, once they start talking about God they get put into this other category: 'I don't go to people's… — David Berman Copy Share Image
It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people.… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice. — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
“But we mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of the intellectuals.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The strange proposition that black intellectuals - regardless of their training - are 'race experts' mainly because they are black is naive… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice." — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism. — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
I strongly discourage any intellectuals, regardless of race, from speaking on matters for which they have limited or no expertise. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It is not so evident why intellectuals need the State. Put simply, we may state that the intellectual’s livelihood in the free… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
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