Intellectual Quote by Noam Chomsky

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

— Dick Cavett

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 may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

— Irving Kristol

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

— Edgar Wallace

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

As to whether those who fit the common meaning of the term "intellectual" should act in the manner that [ Edward] Said prescribes, that's…

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Aldous Huxley

“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

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

— Noam Chomsky

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

— Albert Camus

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

— Richard Reeves

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

— Arthur C. Clarke