Character Quote by John Green

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

— Anonymous

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

— Russell Lynes

“What used to be a jocular and usually benign ridicule of intellect and formal training has turned into a malign resentment of the intellectual…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Originality, not Intelligence, is the sign of a brilliant Author. All the Education in the world won't help someone who can't think for themselves.”

— A.M. Sawyer

The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

— Albert Camus

“Our society promotes cleverness instead of wisdom, and celebrates the most superficial, harsh, and least useful aspects of our intelligence.”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.

— Iain Banks

I was born intelligent but education ruined it. just kidding

— Michael Angelo De Leon

“Have you ever known a person who was highly intelligent, yet their lack of character destroyed your impression of them? Even though they may…

— Susan C. Young

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

— Norman Cousins

“An intellectual is usually someone who isn't exactly distinguished by his intellect. He claims that label to compensate for his inadequacies. It's as old…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism.

— Erich Fromm