“What is an intellectual? In general, someone seriously devoted to what used to be called the “life of the mind”: thinking pursued not instrumentally, for the sake of practical goals, but simply for the sake of knowing and understanding.” ThinkingMindUsedUnderstandingGoalKnowingIntellectualSakePracticalsUsed To BeDevotedPursuedMind ThinkingKnowing And Understanding Author:Gary Gutting
“The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity- is not talent, formal education, nor intellectual brightness - it is self-discipline. With self-discipline all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like the impossible dream.” MenSelfDreamSeemsGoalQualityImpossibleTalentKeysDisciplineIntellectualAll ThingsCaughtLiftsAspirationOne ManMediocrityFormalSelf DisciplineCaught UpSimplestBrightnessFormal EducationImpossible Dream Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes.” IdeasEndsLyingProcessGoalSkillsIntellectualConcernedOvercomingPietyEfficacyZealotBeginnings And Ends Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” IfsWantUseGoalActingBehindsTechnologyPathClearCreationIntellectualLaysPropertyContraryVehicleElectricCompellingMotorTransportPatentsAdventInitiateAccelerateIntellectual PropertyLawsuitGood FaithTeslaLandminesElectric Vehicles Author:Elon Musk