Intellectual Quotes

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All religions bear traces of the fact that they arose during the intellectual immaturity of the human race - before it had learned the obligations… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about; and those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are… — Bill Maher
For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ... Though to the layman, the world revealed by the chemist may… — Henry Taube
Intelligent media companies strive to provide both intellectual and comedy programs, groundbreaking and reflective articles, art house and popular movies. Not to be open minded… — Lachlan Murdoch
The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, 'I cannot believe that so-and-so could have evolved by gradual selection.' I have dubbed this kind… — Richard Dawkins
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,… — Charles Darwin
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology. — Robert A. Heinlein
'I believe in oÂne God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity… — Edward Gibbon
Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had always been devoted… — John Bagot Glubb
Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it is composed; consequently… — Franz Joseph Gall
But if we laugh with derision, we will never understand. Human intellectual capacity has not altered for thousands of years so far as we can… — Stephen Jay Gould
It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment. — Michael Weisskopf
I am continually amazed by the credence given to religious claims in the intellectual community; and, as a human being, i am appaulled by the… — George H. Smith
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… — Alexis Carrel
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing. — Ernest L. Boyer
The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to… — Jerome Isaac Friedman

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