Intellectual Maverick Gifts

"I begged you not to buy that book by Christopher Hitchens."

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Thomas Mann.

E=mc2.

'At Tesmer holdings, we don't break the rules! We change them!'

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

"Is this a 'GOTCHA' question?"

Super Student

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'I need to borrow your Ph.D. for a half hour tomorrow. I have a major problem to solve.'

'I didn't think of it as someone else writing my term paper, I thought of it more as a guest blogger situation.'

Academic Jeopardy - "The great unknowns and cosmic uncertainties of the universe are reduced by this number daily."

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

Anti-war libra.

Gene Therapy

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

'This course in philosophy is not designed to teach you how to make a living. I will be teaching you how to make a life.'

'You present a very convincing argument.'

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

'I told you, if the LA branch steals our thunder, there is no more dialogue.'

The Economy of Ideas

"Oh my goodness. My lecture on John Donne has just been awarded Most Pizzazzy Metaphysical Lecture of the Year."

Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

"Always with the cancer cures, this one."

Lost and Profound.

The Walking TED Talk.

The Goethe Life.

Head full of Books.

"I'd let you in, but I'm not sure I'm all here today"

'This is where we shed all our inhibitions.'

'Thoreau, doing research on chapter 7'

'I'd trust you anywhere - I think!'

"Stupid obedience school. As if we don't want to learn physics or computer science or something."

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

"Wow! Boss! I thought she was a silent partner."