Philosophy Quotes

"Without the communist oppression, I am absolutely sure I would now be a local stupid professor of philosophy in Ljubljana"

Slavoj Zizek, Philosopher

"Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension"

Karl Jaspers, Psychologist

"A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality"

William Winwood Reade, Historian

"Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy"

Phillip E. Johnson, Educator

"Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy"

Stanley Crouch, Critic

"But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement"

J. L. Austin, Philosopher

"Our Fly Smart philosophy is about investing only on those points of differentiation that pay for themselves, that earn a revenue premium commensurate with what it costs us to provide that product or service"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians"

Robert Trout, Journalist

"Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy"

Nick Lachey, Musician

"I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth"

Nelson Goodman, Philosopher

"Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb"

Ferdinand Christian Baur, Theologian

"The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example"

Robert Trout, Journalist

"In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy"

Pat Boone, Musician

"In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it would be well for philosophy if it ceased to aim at scientific rigor"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is"

Matthew Vaughn, Producer

"Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work"

Karl Jaspers, Psychologist

"We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter"

Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politician

"People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy"

John Cheever, Writer

"And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

"One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy"

Pete du Pont, Politician

"Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing"

Marvin Bower, Businessman

"I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

"The minister and the priest teach that the organization is greater. No great philosophy has ever come from an organization, but from an individual whose research has been a personal study of God and ITS ways"

Paul Twitchell, Celebrity

"I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose"

Mike Royko, Writer

"Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing"

Greg Ginn, Musician

"Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live"

Ruth Hubbard, Scientist

"Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy"

Phillip E. Johnson, Educator

"It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy"

Jonny Greenwood, Musician

"Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark"

John Jewel, Clergyman

"All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so"

Phillip E. Johnson, Educator

"Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy"

Luigi Pirandello, Playwright

"I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy"

Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity

"And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same"

Norman McLaren, Artist

"The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It's not like they're tearing off my shirt, you know"

Tobey Maguire, Actor

"The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

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