Intellectualism Mugs

Henri Bergson

"These days, I suppose it doesn't matter whether you've read Thomas Mann or not."

Philosophy Department - Are You Really Here?

"It's a postmodern mosaic, almost lyrical in its undercurrent." "My five-year-old will be happy to hear that."

'He turned out to be a sneak of the first order. He was a closet intellectual.'

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

'Intelligent Design? My arse!'

Intelligent people laugh too!

"Je suis Descartes, donc, je pense."

Scarcity

Archimedes statue with a lever

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

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?”

Paul Ree

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

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

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

Arthur Schopenhauer

Schrödinger and his cat

"Now that was post-modern sex."

Assertiveness

"It has great depth, realized with such a unique economy of paint application... yet, there remains a curious aura of drivel I can't dismiss."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

'"Einstein, Szilard, Teller, Oppenheimer...but you look through the Old Testament and through the Talmud, and there's not a word about physics."

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

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'

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

A planet like ours - pub quiz dolphin

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

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

"The studio's asked me to see if I can dumb down some Danielle Steel."

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

Axel, I notice you read a lot of highbrow books

Lost and Profound.