Ability Quote by Eric Hoffer

“The moment a realm of intellectual activity is codifiable, it ceases to be uniquely human.”

— Anonymous

When works get too intellectual, they lose their intensity.

— Robert Wilson

“So long as our untried senses and our naïve heart recognize themselves and delight in the universe of qualifications, they flourish with the aid…

— Emil Cioran

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.

— Cornel West

“One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.”

— Alice James

There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible.

— Nicholas Sparks

The ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding.

— Francis Bacon

Words don't come very easily to me. Which, given my profession, is a worrying impediment.

— Nick Hornby

“It is to be hoped you are not ‘intellectual,’ which is an unpardonable trait”

— Mary MacLane

I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

— Alice James

The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!

— William Wordsworth

The propensity to intellectualize is itself both essential and dangerous. I think in our modern world we are much more aware of its essential…

— Talal Asad