Intellectually Quotes

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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong,… — George Orwell
In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy and especially dislike reading experimental papers. He seemed to have very strong biological intuitions but unfortunately of… — Francis Crick
People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own problems… — Alice Miller
To do a portrait today, I decide how close I can get to my subject. First, of course, mentally or intellectually, then in the viewfinder.… — Victor Skrebneski
Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the… — Christine Gregoire
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what… — Marilyn vos Savant
Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must… — Oliver Lodge
I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory. — Paul Farmer
The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. Â… — Aleister Crowley
The physical organism itself then, even as you know it, exists and moves and reacts and influences, and is influenced by, many fields or planes… — Jane Roberts
The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity… — Robert J. Havighurst
There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living. — Janet Guthrie
Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing… — Seth Godin
Iâ€™m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because thatâ€™s what the British bequeathed us — Lee Kuan Yew
We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than… — Lee Kuan Yew
The United States is broke â€” fiscally, morally, intellectually â€” and the Fed has incited a global currency war (Japan just signed up, the Brazilians… — David Stockman
To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of Socrates and the… — George Steiner
The notion of travelling to far places in order to study alien peoples and cultures, is unique to Western man; it springs from the predatory… — George Steiner
Every sensation shares the same characteristic: it arises and passes away, arises and passes away. It is this arising and passing that we have to… — S. N. Goenka

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