Albert Camus Quotes
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.
Camus, Albert. Notebooks 1935-1942. Translated by Philip Thody, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.
Bush was not a stupid man although he seemed so at times. He was anti-intellectual, had little intellectual curiosity and read little. However his speaking oratory skills were not very strong, although he was very affable and effective with small groups. This was one of his many gaffs.
Few politicians publicly admit that they do not know something. This was a common Rumsfeld response. What is more, he was very certain of the fact.
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.
