Confidence Quote by Saaif alam

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“But do I have “low intelligence”?”

— Jeff Kinney

“I do my intellectual work within myself, and once with other people, it's more or less irrelevant to me that they're intelligent, as long…

— Marcel Proust

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

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

“The pride in intellect, or rather in the supremacy of the mind, is not restricted to those engaged in intellectual pursuits but is a…

— Karen Horney

“We all know people who become strongly identified with, and attached to, their intelligence. It can become a big ego trap, harmful to oneself…

— Joseph Goldstein

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

— Richard Reeves

“Intelligence is the unlimited ability to conceive of concepts, and arrogance is the belief that one "knows" anything.”

— Monk E. Mind

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

— Laozi

First, Know well that Intellectuality is not intelligence. To be intellectual is to be phony; it is a pretending intelligence. It is not real…

— Rajneesh

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain than an ignorant person thinks everything…

— Anonymous