--- title: "5 Prophets People Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Prophets People quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Prophets People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/noam-chomsky-42_ahab_prophet-just-means-intellectual-they-wer_411804.jpg" --- > [Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals today. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/prophet-just-means-intellectual-they-were-people-giving-geopolitical/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/noam-chomsky-42_ahab_prophet-just-means-intellectual-they-wer_411804.jpg) > [“The number of his wives is uncertain. Abulfeda, who writes with more caution than other of the Arabian historians, limits it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/the-number-of-his-wives-is-uncertain-abulfeda-who-writes-with-more/) [Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/washington-irving-1386_death_the-number-of-his-wives-is-uncertain-abu_1759808.png) > [“And it did certainly appear that the prophets had put the people (engaged in the old game of Cheat the Prophet) in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/and-it-did-certainly-appear-that-the-prophets-had-put-the-people/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/g-k-chesterton-224_wild-things_and-it-did-certainly-appear-that-the-pro_1820634.jpg) > [I understand from what the Lord has revealed to us through the prophets that people are his greatest concern. We are his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-h-dunn/i-understand-from-what-the-lord-has-revealed-to-us-through-the/) [Paul H. Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-h-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/paul-h-dunn-36470_children_i-understand-from-what-the-lord-has-reve_2060580.png) > [“The interesting thing about prophets is that most people don't listen to them. That is why prophets often seem to be impatient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-grant-bangerter/the-interesting-thing-about-prophets-is-that-most-people-don-t-listen/) [William Grant Bangerter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-grant-bangerter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/william-grant-bangerter-62921_prophets_the-interesting-thing-about-prophets-is_2530989.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prophets-people/#itemlist", "name": "Prophets People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals today. There were the people we honor as prophets, there were the people we condemn as false prophets. 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What will London be like a century hence? Is there anything we have not thought of? Houses upside down--more hygienic, perhaps? Men walking on hands--make feet flexible, don't you know? Moon ... motor-cars ... no heads…\" And so they swayed and wondered until they died and were buried nicely.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "G.K. 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