Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but by the manner in which they act, the way they see themselves, and the values that they uphold.

Quote by Frank Furedi

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Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received...

We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received...

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point...

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.