Intellectual Spar Prints

"After considerable deliberation, my esteemed colleagues at Oxford and I have come to the conclusion that you are a poo poo-head."

Jean-Paul Sartre

'I don't see why I have to pick it up. I'm not responsible for the law of gravity.'

"....But then I find myself saying, what if there isn't more to life than this?"

Paul Ree

Miss America IQ Pageant

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

"...You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here... You talking to me?!" "Narcissus De Niro"

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

"Tracey, this is Gene. He also read the Nancy Reagan book in unbound galleys."

Genius Envy

"Now that was post-modern sex."

Assertiveness

'Isn't that wonderful? We both suffer from intellectual angst!'

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

'Marx and Engels - why they split.'

Shakespeare Ave

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

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

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

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

Lost and Profound.

are you so alienated from any real form of community that you can no longer distinguish between belonging and conforming?

Toni Morrison

Academic Affairs: The Chair of Philosophy Corners the Chair of the Sciences

'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.'

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

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

'...Would you like me to try out my Big Bang theory?'

"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?"

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

"Care for an oxymoron?"