Alienated Quote by Nancy Pearcey

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

— William O'Neill

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

— Jacob Bronowski

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

— Dick Cavett

The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.

— Paulo Freire

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

— Richard Rorty

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

— Noam Chomsky

“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

One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual

— Sol LeWitt

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

— Orson Scott Card

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

— Richard Reeves

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

— Albert Camus

“Being an intellectual among intellectuals means nothing. There must be more.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker