Intellectual Quote by Cornel West

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

— Albert Camus

“The intellectual is not defined by professional pursuit and type of occupation. Nor are good upbringing and a good family enough in themselves to…

— Alexander Solschenizyn

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

— Irving Kristol

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

— Jacob Bronowski

What is an intellectual? In general, someone seriously devoted to what used to be called the “life of the mind”: thinking pursued not instrumentally,…

— Gary Gutting

The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional.

— Noam Chomsky

I don’t really know what “intellectual” means, but if it means you’ve got a desire to learn, you’ve got a desire to look for…

— Pete Doherty

The intellectual is not defined by professional group and type of occupation. Nor are good upbringing and a good family enough in themselves to…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.

— Richard Reeves

An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex.

— Edgar Wallace

“Being an intellectual among intellectuals means nothing. There must be more.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker