Intellectual Quotes

1909 Intellectual quotes by 1296 unique authors

The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it. — John Ruskin
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape… — Martha Graham
Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some mood… — Walter Pater
I certainly do have this feeling of affection for the absolute sense of intellectual freedom that exists as a live nerve, a live wire, right… — Norman Mailer
Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable.… — Primo Levi
The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be… — Charles Darwin
The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura… — Thomas Sowell
Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech. — Dogen
I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not… — Paul Cezanne
It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values… — Richard Hofstadter
It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity. In one twig… — Steven Pinker
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character. — Joseph Goebbels
There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual… — Craig Ferguson
Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they… — Jose Mourinho
No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of intellectual ancestors. The 'I' is chained to ancestry by many factors... This is… — Erwin Schrodinger
I want people to know what it is they're looking at. But at the same time, the closer they get to the painting, it's like… — Jenny Saville
If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle. — M H Abrams
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not… — Julian Simon
Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches, the… — Lawren Harris
Culture is both an intellectual phenomenon and a moral one — Matthew Arnold
The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some… — Max Planck
Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human… — Gerald R. Ford
The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the… — Theodore Roosevelt
By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well… — Gifford Pinchot

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