1 Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins. Read explanation Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Paul Sartre, Assassins, Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, 0 Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France Copy
2 Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry A. Kissinger, Cathedrals, cynics, Intellectuals, 0 Henry A. Kissinger Copy
3 When the train of history hits a curve, the intellectuals fall off. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Marx, Change, History, Intellectuals, 0 Karl Marx Philosopher and economist · Germany Copy
4 We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Fuller, Common Sense, Fear, Intellectuals, 0 Samuel Fuller Filmmaker · USA Copy
5 A society without intellectuals is like a body without a head Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Ayn Rand, Importance, Intellectuals, Society, 0 Ayn Rand Novelist · Russia Copy
6 It’s the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Antonio Tabucchi, Intellectuals, Perfectionism, Writers, 0 Antonio Tabucchi Writer · Italy Copy
7 All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Antonio Gramsci, Function, Intellectuals, Society, 0 Antonio Gramsci Writer · Italy Copy
8 Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Facts, Intellectuals, Rationality, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England Copy
9 The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Albert Camus, Happiness, Intellectuals, Revenge, 0 Albert Camus Author · France Copy
10 Intellectuals are people who go to study things other people do naturally. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bill Cosby, Intellectuals, Natural, Study, 0 Bill Cosby Comedian · USA Copy
11 Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Hitchens, Civilization, Foolishness, Intellectuals, 0 Christopher Hitchens Author · England Copy
12 Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the ’40s Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Parker Stevenson, Acceptance, Intellectuals, time-period, 0 Parker Stevenson Actor Copy
13 The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas, and all we’ve been producing is footnotes. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodore White, Footnotes, Ideas, Intellectuals, 0 Theodore White Journalist · USA Copy
14 Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Erich Fromm, Hindrance, Intellectuals, Narcissism, 0 Erich Fromm Psychologist · Germany Copy
15 Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals. Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Jerzy Peterkiewicz, Intellectuals, Opium, Revolution, 0 Jerzy Peterkiewicz Author · Poland Copy
We Americans worship the almighty dollar! Well, it is a worthier god than Heredity Privilege. Read explanation Mark Twain Author · USA
Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion. Read explanation Laozi Philosopher · China
