Intellectualism Quotes

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“The conservative movement is an intellectual movement, and it needs to be fed with ideas.”

“A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.”

“For the Negro intellectual, the choice is not between a 'black' and a 'white' world.”

“For the intellectual, every luxury is a trap, and every relief a danger.”

“The curse of the thinking class is that we are fascinated by the nature of the problem and not by the name of the person who can solve it.”

“People who pride themselves on their 'complexity' and 'nuance' are often incapable of saying anything simple and straight.”

“The task of the intellectual is not to be liked, but to be right.”

“The supposedly sophisticated scorn for progress is an American affectation, embraced by a minority of intellectuals who are held in contempt by the majority of intellectuals.”

“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than are necessary to tell more than he knows.”

“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than are necessary to tell more than he knows.”

“The high-brow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.”

“The herd of independent minds.”

“The moral passion of the intellectual is to be found in his search for the truth.”

“All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling intellectual elite.”

“The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist.”

“An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.”