“…the narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think we’re stupider than we are. People have a real hunger for deep intellectual dialog, and that can be met with these new technologies. That has revolutionary significance, and that’s starting to unfold.”— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com
“Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream Merrily, merrily merrily, merrily, life is but a dream! I got it. I got it! It all basically says that you're a natural part of life, we shouldn't hate you, we shouldn't fear you. I guess we should just accept you, right? That's it? I get it. Here's th…”— Allan Loeb, Howard Inlet, Will Smith, imdb.com
“All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!”— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com
“Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“To me, being an intellectual doesn’t mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.”— Jacob Bronowski, amazon.com
“Beauty or brains? Fuck that, it’s not a dichotomy. Let’s not act like mascara glues girls eyes so shut that they can’t read a word of Dickens or solve a trig problem. Let’s talk about how no boy has ever been asked if he’d rather get his Bachelor’s or get married; no boy has ever been told that he’s…”— uglyboyband, uglyboyband.tumblr.com
“He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot — a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals.”— John Green, amazon.com
“What are some things you both like a lot? Find out what that is. Attraction isn’t just physical — it’s intellectual, too.”— Madison Moore, thoughtcatalog.com
“My father used to say, 'Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.'”— Archbishop Desmond Tutu, marawwwrrrr.tumblr.com