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

Quote by Kenneth Baker

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He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like...

Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like...

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of...

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of...

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow...

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

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...

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...

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard...

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard...

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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.

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 fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...