Goal Quote by Gary Gutting

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 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

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

“My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]”

— Arthur C. Clarke

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

— Billy Connolly

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.

— Richard Rorty

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

— Aldous Huxley

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

— Edgar Wallace

My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

One of the categories of people I don't like much are intellectuals. People say, 'Oh, you're an intellectual,' and I say, 'No!' What is…

— Paul Johnson