An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence. (Irving Kristol)

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

Irving Kristol

Related topics

authority competence general intellectual man particular subject

Related quotes

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. View quote
Simone de Beauvoir
The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. View quote
Václav Havel
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. View quote
Carl Sagan
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. View quote
Simone de Beauvoir
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. View quote
Epictetus