Certain Quote by Whitfield Diffie

“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's…

— Rafe Esquith

Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

— Mark Twain

Working is very important to me. Probably because as a child I was taught that work was good. I don't believe it intellectually but…

— Jasper Johns

Intellectual work is an act of creation. It is as if the mental image that is studied over a period of time were to…

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

“Ultimately, intellectual work of this sort is its own reward, because it is focused on the only One whose recognition is important, the One…

— Mark Noll

“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

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

— Hosea Ballou

My work is never intellectual. I never make a negative unless emotionally moved by my subject.

— Edward Weston

“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 propensity to intellectualize is itself both essential and dangerous. I think in our modern world we are much more aware of its essential…

— Talal Asad

I think what is important is that my work speaks for itself.

— Naveen Patnaik

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

— Marilyn Monroe