#intellectuals

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#came #few #found #i #intellectualism

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life. ↗

— Ricky Skaggs

#art #art form #couch #country #form

There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable term 'conservatism' can be appropriated to disguise the advocacy of a powerful, lawless, aggressive and violent state, a welfare state for the rich dedicated to a lunatic form of Keynesian economic intervention that enhances state and private power while mortgaging the country's future. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#conservatism #economics #intellectuals #keynesianism #law

Those intellectuals are our natural enemies; the only kind who are worth anything are the musicians and the dancers: they don’t insult anybody with their performances, and they neither sing nor dance politics. So I like them; but don’t let me hear a word about the rest ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#politics #nature

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good ↗

— Ezra Pound

#courage #criticism #intellectuals #opinion #taboos

Intellect is not wisdom. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#society #intellect

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#geniuses #intellectuals #prevent #problems #solve

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#allowed #believed #followed #i #intellectuals

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well. ↗

— Brad Holland

#fiction #intellectuals #led #many #non-fiction

Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#accustomed #british #early #few #force