I won a Marshall scholarship to read philosophy at Oxford, and what I most wanted to do was strengthen public intellectual culture… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.” — Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
I guess I understand a public intellectual to be somebody who moves public discourse forward: someone who either says something new or… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“I am sometimes asked about the concept or definition of a 'public intellectual,' and though I find the whole idea faintly silly,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What is the role of a public intellectual in the age of Twitter and soundbites? Is it to share your thoughts for… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
“[The public intellectual] will also describe how she can work a pop culture reference into her essay, comparing the Supreme Court to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional… — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
Tad Homer-Dixon is a rare kind of public intellectual, who combines real expertise with a commitment to communicate to the widest possible… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
![“[The public intellectual] will also describe how she can work a pop culture reference into her essay, comparing the Supreme Court to the creature in the number-one box office movie of the moment. Editors like this sort of mass-media integration, first, because it gives them a way to illustrate the…” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/david-brooks-644_pop-culture_the-public-intellectual-will-also-descri_637408.jpg)
