Behinds Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the living world.…

— Samuel Johnson

Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than of inspiration;…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of…

— Jonathan Swift

“Intellectually active people are particularly attracted to elegant concepts, which can have the effect of distracting them from the simpler, more fundamental, truths. What”

— Christopher Risso-gill

“The vast body of literature, in every domain, is composed of hand-me-down ideas. The question — never resolved, alas! — is to what extent…

— Henry Miller

“In literature, too, we admire prose in which a small and astutely arranged set of words has been constructed to carry a large consignment…

— Alain de Botton

Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse; and minds,…

— Madame de Stael

“It takes knowledge and experience to say precisely and consisely what is true and what is needed. Scholarship often excels in lofty learning and…

— George Canty

“As a child of civil war, I disbelieve in structured learning—actually I believe that one can be an intellectual without being a nerd, provided…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built their stolid tents of specialized knowledge and stayed securely in them.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I am often talking about the ideas collected in Normal Life in contexts that are not academic, or that are full of people who…

— Dean Spade

“One of the greatest product of a meaningful education is the intellectual curiosity that leads men and women to continued learning and makes them…

— Anonymous