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I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to…

— Michael Eric Dyson

There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.

— Will Self

Intellectuals are real and actuals who speak first to bare open and bring fore the burning matters factual before others can speak up and…

— Anuj Somany

Intellectuals, who go after the crowd - have never been intellectuals. Intellectuals should either lead the crowd after themselves, or completely isolate themselves from…

— Ilkin Santak

Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.

— Noam Chomsky

Public intellectuals are often put in the position of having their words, no matter how off-the-cuff, treated as doctrine.

— Roxane Gay

I guess I understand a public intellectual to be somebody who moves public discourse forward: someone who either says something new or says something…

— Lionel Shriver

Intellectuals are people who manage the world in their head. They look at life and try to see some kind of truth, and if…

— Yair Lapid

Intellectuals are people who go to study things other people do naturally.

— Bill Cosby

“People are called intellectuals because they're privileged. It's not because they're smart or they know a lot. There are plenty of people who know…

— Noam Chomsky

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

— Michael Ignatieff

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

— Gerald Brenan