Agree Quote by Noam Chomsky

Whether the person should then be called "an intellectual" seems to reduce the issue to a question of terminology.

— Noam Chomsky

If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people…

— Noam Chomsky

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

Edward Said is a very honorable representative of the "intellectual" in the sense of the term that he defines.

— Noam Chomsky

“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

That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called "intellectuals" in…

— 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

“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 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

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 man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower