Intellectuals Quotes

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you. — Theodor Adorno
An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike. — Spiro T. Agnew
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. — Charles Bukowski
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute… — Alexis Carrel
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the… — Hugo Chavez
The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving equal rights for… — Qiu Jin
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up. — Frank Lloyd Wright
If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the great… — Louis Kronenberger
Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is… — Sogyal Rinpoche
As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw. — Shunryu Suzuki
Intelligence is the capacity to be in the present. The more you are in the past or are in the future, the less intelligent you… — Rajneesh
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework. — Sara Paretsky
In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a… — Karl Popper
Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of… — Camille Paglia
Truth as a cultural ideal has functioned as an opiate, perhaps the only serious opiate of the modern world. Karl Marx said that religion was… — Immanuel Wallerstein
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is… — Bertrand Russell
When I find a woman attractive, I have nothing at all to say. I simply watch her smile. Intellectuals take apart her face in order… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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