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Quotations regarding 'Intellect'

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It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.
Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer (1962-  )
Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
Guru Nanak, Philosopher (1469-1539)
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
Ernest Newman, English Critic (1868-1959)
Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that.
Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman (1908-2000)
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
Sara Paretsky, American Author (1947-  )
Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.
Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman
Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher (1623-1662)
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
Walter Pater, English Critic (1839-1894)
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.
Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist (1954-  )
Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.
Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist (1954-  )
A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.
Horace Porter, American Soldier
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
Marcel Proust, French Author (1871-1922)
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author (1932-1990)
There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect.
Slick Rick, American Musician (1965-  )
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer (1613-1680)
Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.
Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress (1978-  )
Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his.
Ernestine Rose, Activist (1810-1892)
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
John Ruskin, English Writer (1819-1900)
Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman (1869-1942)
 
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