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Intellectuals Quotes. An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D Eisenhower To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say Is a keen observer of life, The word intellectual suggests straight away A man who's untrue to his wife.W H Auden A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. Spiro T Agnew An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike. Spiro T Agnew An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. A P Herbert It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies. Noam Chomsky To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. Jacob Bronowski 'I think, therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. Milan Kundera Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth. Paul Johnson There is always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side. Vaclav Havel |