Sentence examples for small intellect from inspiring English sources

Two decades before Joe Buck peddled his flesh in Times Square — as the dim, hunky hero of the 1965 James Leo Herlihy novel (and 1969 movie) "Midnight Cowboy" — Ollie Olsen was feeling the pangs of alienation that come from being a male hustler of great beauty and small intellect.

"The Gulf crisis has shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of Obama's unique management style, which relies on a combination of his own intellect, a small circle of trusted advisers and a larger group of outside experts.

Indeed, his public influence depended largely on his personal contacts and the chance to exercise his charm and intellect on a small number of key individuals at the height of the Battle of Britain, Keynes spent two or three hours talking with Churchill over dinner.Patriotism and disdain for democracy made Keynes's relations with Americans difficult.

Although he never played pro football, and his players towered over him, making his 5-foot-9-inch frame seem smaller, Carson's intensity and intellect served him superbly.

You're saying he's a man of small stature not in inches, but in intellect.

"This incredible community's passion and intellect and perseverance have taken my small contribution and nurtured it, enhanced it, breathed life into it," he wrote.

SOCRATES Put your heart, mind and intellect and soul even to your smallest acts.

@GPSforSoul "I put my heart, mind, intellect and soul even into my smallest acts.

Burke was born into an Ireland where reflective intellect had its social setting in a small educational elite, much of it connected with the Church of Ireland.

He has always liked to see himself as a big fish in a small pond, with his steely, domineering manner and feeling of superior intellect".

Known for his quick intellect, he also endeared himself to his subordinates through small eccentricities such as his fondness for bad puns and habit of wearing red socks to important meetings.