#intel

Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. ↗

— John McCarthy

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A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. ↗

— John McCarthy

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The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. ↗

— Carson McCullers

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After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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What a feeble thing intelligence is, with its short steps, its waverings, its pacings back and forth, its disastrous retreats! Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances. There are people who say that intelligence must have built the universe - why, intelligence never built a steam-engine! Circumstances built a steam-engine. Intelligence is little more than a short foot-rule by which we measure the infinite achievements of Circumstances. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. ↗

— George McGovern

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