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Intellectuals Quotes

Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it Picture Quote #1

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations Picture Quote #1

The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura of scientific processes and results is often appropriated by other intellectuals Picture Quote #1

Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along Picture Quote #1

The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas, and all we’ve been producing is footnotes Picture Quote #1

There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don’t really believe what they say, that they say certain things only in order to assure themselves that they possess opinions and ideas that are different from those that are entertained by the common herd of men Picture Quote #1

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That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations Picture Quote #1

States have always needed intellectuals to con the public into believing that its rule is wise, good, and inevitable Picture Quote #1

But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That’s why they all look so sad Picture Quote #1

It’s no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots Picture Quote #1

The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough Picture Quote #1

People are given a false alternative: the choice between an unenlightened belief and an enlightened unbelief. Most intellectuals seem to pay homage to the second variant Picture Quote #1

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An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet Picture Quote #1

Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who’ve completely lost their mojo Picture Quote #1

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there Picture Quote #1

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous Picture Quote #1

With intellectuals, moral thought is often less a tonic that quickens ethical action than a narcotic that deadens it Picture Quote #1

You know, it’s one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what’s going on Picture Quote #1

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Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets Picture Quote #1

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor Picture Quote #1

We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals Picture Quote #1

The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped Picture Quote #1

I believe that everybody has the right to view his or her own body as a palette. However, I think intellectuals should at least try to be role models Picture Quote #1

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion Picture Quote #1

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In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime Picture Quote #1

I think I’ll always be a better playwright than a pundit, but I believe that writers should be public intellectuals and that theater, even more than film, is a place of public debate Picture Quote #1

Paradoxical as it sounds, many intellectuals prefer life in the mud to life in clear water Picture Quote #1

I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there’s something wrong, pass a law and do something about it Picture Quote #1

Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity constructed out of plurality, the vast majority of folks in this society still believe in a notion of identity that is rooted in a sense of essential traits and characteristics that are fixed and static Picture Quote #1

Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that Picture Quote #1

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Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it (Intellectuals Quotes) One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations (Intellectuals Quotes) The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura of scientific processes and results is often appropriated by other intellectuals (Intellectuals Quotes) Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along (Intellectuals Quotes) The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas, and all we’ve been producing is footnotes (Intellectuals Quotes) There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don’t really believe what they say, that they say certain things only in order to assure themselves that they possess opinions and ideas that are different from those that are entertained by the common herd of men (Intellectuals Quotes) That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations (Intellectuals Quotes) States have always needed intellectuals to con the public into believing that its rule is wise, good, and inevitable (Intellectuals Quotes) But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That’s why they all look so sad (Intellectuals Quotes) It’s no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots (Intellectuals Quotes) The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough (Intellectuals Quotes) People are given a false alternative: the choice between an unenlightened belief and an enlightened unbelief. Most intellectuals seem to pay homage to the second variant (Intellectuals Quotes) An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet (Intellectuals Quotes) Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who’ve completely lost their mojo (Intellectuals Quotes) I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there (Intellectuals Quotes) The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous (Intellectuals Quotes) With intellectuals, moral thought is often less a tonic that quickens ethical action than a narcotic that deadens it (Intellectuals Quotes) You know, it’s one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what’s going on (Intellectuals Quotes) Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets (Intellectuals Quotes) I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor (Intellectuals Quotes) We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals (Intellectuals Quotes) The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped (Intellectuals Quotes) I believe that everybody has the right to view his or her own body as a palette. However, I think intellectuals should at least try to be role models (Intellectuals Quotes) Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion (Intellectuals Quotes) In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime (Intellectuals Quotes) I think I’ll always be a better playwright than a pundit, but I believe that writers should be public intellectuals and that theater, even more than film, is a place of public debate (Intellectuals Quotes) Paradoxical as it sounds, many intellectuals prefer life in the mud to life in clear water (Intellectuals Quotes) I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there’s something wrong, pass a law and do something about it (Intellectuals Quotes) Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity constructed out of plurality, the vast majority of folks in this society still believe in a notion of identity that is rooted in a sense of essential traits and characteristics that are fixed and static (Intellectuals Quotes) Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that (Intellectuals Quotes)

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