“What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored.” DoeHomeCareForceAttitudeWatchesTakenSocietyIntellectualTreatedIgnoredCravePersecuted Author:Eric Hoffer
“I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.” WorldWantHas BeensHappensNextEnergySpaceWatchesGoneStudentsTaughtSourceMajorsIntellectualCapacityMortalsAweBreakthroughSpace TravelRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesRenewable Energy Sources Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its exercise, so we demand of those who watch us an apppreciation of the simple unconscious kind which finds an outlet in clapping rather than the cold intellectual approval which would self-consciously think applause derogatory. I have yet to meet the actor who was sincere in saying that he disliked applause.” ThinkingKindArtSelfActorsSimpleWatchesAudienceColdExerciseDemandIntellectualTheaterInstinctIntellectUnconsciousSincereApprovalOutletsApplauseClappingDerogatoryActors And Audience Book:The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections Source: The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
“I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on and that you were gifted with and lose the gifts that were given.” PeopleHardGivenLosesBrainWatchesIntellectualGiftedSharpness Author:Bryce Courtenay
“I don't like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game,but it isn't exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.” PeopleIfsWellsDifferentFoundGamesSportsEnjoyHalfWatchesViolenceTeamFieldsFootballThousandQuietIntellectualEmptyBaseballBallsExcitingAppealsParksComparisonAfternoonAestheticStadiumsBounceTuesdayFootball GameSports TeamOne Sided Author:Bowie Kuhn
“There are still people who essentially live in intellectual silos and either read Mother Jones or watch Fox News, based on their worldview. And they pick information out that reinforces it rather than keeping an open mind.” PeopleMindStillsMotherWatchesInformationNewsIntellectualPicksFoxesOpen MindWorldviewFox NewsKeep An Open Mind Author:Andrew Revkin
“Am I missing something because of my lack of education? Being an intellectual - I'm not. So I hire him as a corner man, like a boxer; he watches me and tells me what I do wrong before I go in for the next round. Barry thought he was going to write what became Executioner's Song, and I told him he wasn't going to. And Barry's closest friend was Joan Didion.” MenWritingSongNextWatchesMissingIntellectualRoundsCornersClosestBoxersWatch MeExecutionersClosest FriendsMissing SomethingLack Of Education Author:Lawrence Schiller