“Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.”
Oscar Wilde
“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”
Albert Einstein
“It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.”
“Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.”
Carl Sagan
“What we're really interested in generating is UA intellectual property. It offers a revenue stream from intellectual property.”
Dan Daly
“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