Island Intellectual Gifts

Moai reading a book

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Thomas Mann.

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

Paul Ree

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

Miss America IQ Pageant

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

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Think Tank

Super Student

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

Arthur Schopenhauer

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

"Now that was post-modern sex."

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

"So, what are you reading?"

"Have you been working out?"

Public footpath on a desert island.

Assertiveness

'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.'

Art of Surviving

"I don't like lawyer jokes. Lawyers don't think they're funny and other people don't think they're jokes."

'You present a very convincing argument.'

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

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

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."

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

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

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

Lost and Profound.