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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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...

Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.

Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.

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

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

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.

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.

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...

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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.

Intellectuals are not those who beat around the bushes and speak their mind with hitches...

Intellectuals are not those who beat around the bushes and speak their mind with hitches...

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

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 man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

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

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

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

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

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...

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.