Sentence examples similar to demanding intellect from inspiring English sources

The younger Bush, a classic schoolyard bully with a contempt for intellect, demanded that Gore "explain what he meant by some of the things" in his 1992 book, "Earth in the Balance" — and then unashamedly admitted that he had never read it.

While many coaches and general managers consider the Wonderlic particularly useful in evaluating quarterbacks and offensive linemen, positions that are believed to demand the greatest intellect because of the need to decipher complex defenses, the hope is that the new test, called the Player Assessment Tool, will give teams clearer insight into a broader range of players.

Deep for demanding someone match my definition of intellect and if they didn't have any sort of appreciation for say, a film where a drag queen eats dog shit, they were clearly not an intellectual.

Such slips as he has had expose just how lofty and demanding is the normal standard of his art, which combines both lucid intellect and an almost saintly humility.

Poetry demands both rigor of intellect and generosity of spirit.

And intellectuals... are trained to expect and demand from art what intellect is unable to do.

They both convey to me a progressive, justice-seeking, and reflective Christianity, one that never demands that I sacrifice intellect in order to embrace faith.

"Intellect alone is not enough – although it is a very intellectually demanding job.

Countering them will demand every ounce of your intellect".

This is the imperial prerogative: the last refuge of those whose contortion of intellect and morality demands a loyalty oath.

The indulgence we give to intellect is also demanded by those who can no longer distinguish between an absurdity and an argument.