Authority Quote by Irving Kristol

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

“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

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

— Albert Camus

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

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

— Billy Connolly

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

— Edgar Wallace

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

— Aldous Huxley

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

— Richard Reeves