Sentence examples for too much intellect from inspiring English sources

As a doctor and keen craniometrist tells her (with regard to the inferior size of the female skull and, ergo, intelligence), "too much intellect would spoil and flatten [the female mind] like a rock in a soufflé".

The problem for these critics of Enlightenment rationalism, as Robert Musil defined it, was not that we "have too much intellect and too little soul", but that we have "too little intellect in matters of the soul".

I felt some sympathy with that, because my plays were being rejected and, I felt, one reason was that there was too much intellect in them and too many ideas.

He explained that "feel-good fashion" or "conscious consumption" often fall under a trap that involves too much intellect, which muddles the consumer experience.

I have too much respect for Gove's intellect to believe that this is what he meant.

Cry too much, and you're too emotional, your intellect and business acumen clouded by emotion.

Yes, she romanticizes the religious life, especially when it is Jewish, but a robust intellect keeps her from too much schmaltz.

I tried not to focus too much on her physical appearance, but encouraged her intellect and fire.

Even for a man of Firmage's considerable intellect, this brass ring may be too much of a reach.

This doesn't give away too much — the plot is armature around which Lispector's brilliant intellect spins inquiry and philosophy on par with the best writers of the 20th century.

The worry is that people are sated with nonsense (in the way that people like McDonald's) and anything which supports their intellect, their work or their curiosity can seem like too much hard work.