Intellectually Inquisitive Gifts

Chuckie's test results come back negative.

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

"Could I ask just one question?"

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

Paul Ree

Miss America IQ Pageant

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

Amazon Drones Delivering Babies

Kid arrives with CCTV camera, saying: 'It followed me home, can we keep it?'

The Book Lover

"Now that was post-modern sex."

"And you need to know this why?"

Assertiveness

"It's going to be one of those days."

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

"Face it -- you resent me for the exploring in depth a world that you take for granted."

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

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

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

"O.K. What part of 'malignant regression and pathogenic reintrojection as a defense against psychic decompensation' don't you understand?"

Lost and Profound.

Capital

Jacques Lacan

George Santayana

"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?"

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

'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.'"

Toni Morrison

How does it feel to always be the smartest guy in the room, Dr. Kapuchnik? Usually, it feels pretty good. In this particular case, it feels like I'm cheating.

'... Because it's the law! That's why!'

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

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

Philosophers On Strike

Soren Kierkegaard