Intellectual Giants Gifts

"No-one likes a smart-arse, Jenkins..."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'So...you THINK you have what it takes to be a scientist...?'

'Well, Tommy, you've grown a foot since the last time I saw you!'

Miss America IQ Pageant

Paul Ree

“Who’s a good boy that doesn’t feel obliged to prove it by holding too many interesting literary and social opinions?”

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

Arthur Schopenhauer

"O.K., she's sitting fown to write in three...two....one...."

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

"Now that was post-modern sex."

Assertiveness

'Tommy's book reports are like no other.'

'No, you weren't there. But in your expert opinion as a certified brainiac, do you think he did it?'

"I just figured she was holding all my calls. Turns out she's been running the company."

Giant to librarian: 'Excuse me, do you have a large print version?'

"You have an air of Camille Paglia about you."

'Between you and me Wizard, is it true that you intellectuals have pointed heads?'

"The problem is you say Nietzsche and expect everything to be just peachy."

Lost and Profound.

'As soon as I mention Nietzsche - stop serving me, okay.'

Evolution Solution: Billions of years in the business - We'll guide you through the process, step by step.

Jacques Lacan

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

'My thanks go first to the Nobel Committee for this great honor, and to my son who encouraged me to keep my mind agile with word games, and puzzles.'

"You're terrific, Katia. You think like 'The New York Review of Books' and look like 'Vogue.'"

'Thoreau had his Walden Pond, C.J. has his water cooler.'

George Santayana

Toni Morrison

''Et cetera' implies that you know much more than you really do. . .'

Philosophers On Strike

Soren Kierkegaard

Thomas Carlyle