Intellectual Quotes

1909 Intellectual quotes by 1296 unique authors

The felt unreliability of human experience brought about by the inhuman acceleration of historical change has led every sensitive modern mind to the recording of… — Susan Sontag
I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts,… — Sherwood Anderson
Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short phase… — Hilaire Belloc
In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play. — Jerome Lawrence
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing. — Richard Rorty
In most circles, the idea of economic planning has been in disrepute most of the time and, particularly in America, has almost carried connotations of… — Gunnar Myrdal
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is… — Tawfiq al-Hakim
It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of… — Harvey Cox
I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make… — Ted Nelson
To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful. — Richard O'Brien
I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction… — Jared Polis
Many rogue sites exist to make a profit and others are enormously expensive to maintain. If they don't have the resources to continue stealing intellectual… — Jared Polis
I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me… — Lauren Potter
They sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical. And they showed me a world where I could be so… — Roger Hodgson
Appeal to all scholars of stupidity in the world. Come to Italy, this country has the highest rate of morons of the universe, especially among… — William C. Brown
Since I found that one could make a case shadow from a three-dimensional thing, any object whatsoever - just as the projecting of the sun… — Marcel Duchamp
Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be… — Arthur Levitt Jr
The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass… — Christian Lous Lange
To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional. — Nancy Pearcey
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities -… — Nancy Pearcey
If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific… — Nancy Pearcey
I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations… — Hayden Panettiere
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our… — Michael Polanyi
The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position. — Ernestine Rose

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