“The intellectuals and the young, booted and spurred, feel themselves born to ride us”
Eric Hoffer
“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”
Albert Einstein
“Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.”
Oscar Wilde
“We forget that us being academics, that we should also be intellectuals. We should be aware of the issues so that we can make changes in the world for the better.”
Larry Long
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
Isaac Asimov
“Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
