Ability Quote by Stephen D. Cox

The "intellectuals" will always have problems, because they always need to "know." They're often the most spiritually bankrupt people, because they never let go;…

— George Harrison

Whenever there is injustice, oppression, aggression, violence, it's standard for it to be supported by those we now call "intellectuals," but typically not by…

— Noam Chomsky

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Intellectuals of the categories happen to enjoy unusual privilege, unique in history, I suppose. It's easy enough to find ugly illustrations of repression, malice,…

— Noam Chomsky

There is a close connection between socio-political development, the struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect…

— Kwame Nkrumah

When the train of history hits a curve, the intellectuals fall off.

— Karl Marx

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.

— Robert Teeter

“Abstract academic discussions have a way of leaving their mark on entire civilizations, as the events of this century have proved all too well.”

— Michael D. O'Brien

“For they amount to this: that if we are to produce a society of educated people, fitted to preserve their intellectual freedom amid the…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money…

— Alain de Botton

“The institutionalization of the radical ethos in the academy has brought with it not only an increasing politicization of the humanities, but also an…

— Roger Kimball

“Even in the most favourable periods for cultural development , Intellectuals tend to have uneasy relationship with the status quo.”

— Frank Furedi