Intellectuals Quotes
Intellectuals Quote of the day
Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals.
The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.
There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
Intellectual controversies tend to be like dog fights without the teeth, in which the barking not the biting does the damage.
Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.
The role of genius is not to complicate the simple, but to simplify the complicated.
A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.
The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.
I like to go to Starbucks and watch the intellectuals. I observe them and their intellectualness. They in turn observe me drinking coffee and being a creeper.
Intellectuals are rarely successful as leaders. They are so trapped in their ideals that they cannot venture out in the real world to win and lead.
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good
The real problem of the world is that the number of the current idiots is much greater than the intellectuals of the past decade all together.
when you do more than you learn, you leave a distinctive notable footprints on earth
when you do more than you learn, you leave a distinctive notable footprint on earth
In the most secret heart of every intellectual ... there lies hidden ... the hope of power, the desire to bring his ideas to reality by imposing them on his fellow man.
A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably under a restraining order.
the value of intellectuals is neither their intellect nor the value of their intellect but the value of what they use their intellect to do
My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelli
The pen is mightier than the sword unless it's a real sword in which case the guy with the pen should run away fast.
Intellectuals cannot find the bottom (base) of the faith. It is not possible to do both together, to remain afloat and (also) measure the ocean depth at the same time.
People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.
