Inspirational Quote by Richard Hofstadter

“There is no place for someone like him in the Society, I think, for someone who can create. He can do so many things…

— Ally Condie

What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is…

— Eric Hoffer

Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of…

— Robert Kennedy

As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and…

— Anonymous

It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his…

— Walt Disney

“Part of the writer's problem may be thee wrong kind of appreciation: hen he does work he knows to be less than he's capable…

— John Gardner

He read biographies of great men from their ideal values can not become great;

— Mak_786

“When a man is commonplace in discussion yet valued for what he writes that shows that his talents lie in his borrowed sources not…

— Michel de Montaigne

His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels.…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

It is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the intellectual that he judges new ideas not by their specific merits but by the readiness…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at perfection, and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe