338 Quotes About Intellectual

But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence.

Keynes vs Hayek? Friedman vs Krugman? Those are the wrong intellectual debates. Its you vs. Tony Hayward, BP CEO, You vs. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO. And you are losing ...

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural.

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

I do not regard the Keynesian revolution as a great intellectual triumph. On the contrary, it was a tragedy because it came so late. Hitler had already found out how to cure unemployment before Keynes had finished explaining why it occured.

What I'm advocating is an intellectual revolution - it's a different mindset concerning the ethical benchmarks by which we live.

I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences...Language and knowledge are indissolubly connected; they are interdependent. Good work in language presupposes and depends on a real knowledge of things.