Intellectuals Quotes

253 Intellectuals quotes by 197 unique authors

One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That's where we practical fellows'-… — E. M. Forster
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man… — Elie Wiesel
(Baudelaire) had descended to the bottom of the inexhaustible mine, had picked his way along abandoned or unexplored galleries, and had finally reached those districts… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Where instinct fails, intellect must venture. — Jim Butcher
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
He (Intellectuals) claims that label to compensate for his own inadequacies. It's as old as that saying: tell me what you boast of and I'll… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fraser's mother, Janice, was actually quite a happy soul but she had to hide it because, like all pseudo intellectuals, she thought being cheery made… — Craig Ferguson
Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God. — Thomas Sowell
Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them. — George Orwell
All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals — Antonio Gramsci
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth — Paul Johnson
He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals.… — John Green
Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals. — Unknown Author
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff. — Clare Boothe Luce
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine- tenths of our intellectuals can't read any… — Randall Jarrell
Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate. — Caitlin Moran
Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it… — Wole Soyinka
Complex astronomical instruments like the Antikythera Mechanism and the Nebra Sky Disk were made by Pagans. Our Pagan intellectual heritage includes poets and scientists and… — Brendan Myers
My parents divorced. There was the usual awkward business of going between them, but I was mostly with my mother. She remarried to a Greek… — Jacob Rothschild
The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests. — Noam Chomsky
Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions. — Noam Chomsky
Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism… — Dennis Prager
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal… — Stephen Kinzer
There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells,… — Luke Harding
There are clearly many Egyptian free-thinkers and intellectuals - lots of wonderful Egyptian artists and architects and scientists. — Richard Engel

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