Purely Intellectual Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

• I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
• We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many… — Alan Turing
• Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total conduct of men… — Max Wertheimer
• I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
• We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to… — George Ripley
• Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. — Richard Reti
• We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. — Alan Turing
• [On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity. — David Hilbert
• The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the… — Oscar Wilde
• Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community. — Philip Yancey
• I have in this War a burning private grudge—which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that… — J.R.R. Tolkien
• In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ... It is as paradoxical,… — Stefan Zweig
• Character grows in the soil of experience with the fertilization of example, the moisture of ambition, and the sunshine of satisfaction. Character cannot be purchased,… — Stephen Covey

Who Wrote These Purely Intellectual Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Purely Intellectual Quotes as follows:

• 2 Purely Intellectual Quotes by Albert Einstein
• 2 Purely Intellectual Quotes by Alan Turing
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Max Wertheimer
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by George Ripley
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Richard Reti
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by David Hilbert
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Oscar Wilde
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Philip Yancey
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Stefan Zweig
• 1 Purely Intellectual Quote by Stephen Covey