In general, in America, every discourse in literature in 15 minutes degenerates into a conversation about ethics, morality and this and that.… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Everything that is great in life is the product of slow growth; the newer, and greater, and higher, and nobler the work,… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
It may be seriously questioned whether the philosophies... which isolate mind and set it over against the world did not have their… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Don't say anything about this to anybody. Any one would say that I am trying to play the good-natured philosopher. I am… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh,… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
“I might have added, as it entered my mind to do, that some people found satisfaction in being. Being. Others in becoming.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
In The Go-Go's, my philosophy is that I contribute whatever the song requires. I never think, 'What can I put in here… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I really like Jason Blum a lot. We're friends, and while we make wildly disparate films, we share a philosophy about low-budget… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
“We do not follow the philosophy of purity versus pollution. That is a false choice, a false dichotomy. The truth is, nothing… — Ian C. Esslemont Copy Share Image
You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“These moments of intoxication, when we defy everything, when, the anchor raised, we go merrily toward the abyss, with no more thought… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
“For the former, activity, any kind of activity, was an end in itself; for the latter, activity was but a progress toward… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
“The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
If you're versatile, there's no reason a coach can't have you in the game. That's what my dad's philosophy was, so from… — Karl-Anthony Towns Copy Share Image
Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
University President: Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The best and safest way of philosophising seems to be, first to enquire diligently into the properties of things, and to establish… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“I played a few games myself, back in the days before consoles were ousted by the PC Master Race, and I’ve thought… — Eric Jason Casey Copy Share Image
It's really important to have role models, and a lot of the ancients always talked about this. Seneca talked about this, Aristotle… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“...he asked, "Where are you today, right now?" Eagerly, I started talking about myself. However, I noticed that I was still being… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
“Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter, both philosophers, wrote a book about this in 2004 called The Rebel Sell. It’s available in the… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Apparently, philosophy persists, even though less obviously and less insistently than once. If John has trimmed his interests to conform to the… — Gareth B. Matthews Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if… — Lloyd C. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Philosophically, I am a logical empiricist and materialist, and I am a veteran of over 400 radio and TV interviews and debates.… — Frank R. Zindler Copy Share Image
I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
Tantra is spiritual, not religious. It deals with the spirit. Religion is just an applied body of doctrines that's believed or not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“At a cellular level of the human mind, Islamophobia is not really a matter of social stigma, rather it is a natural… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am aware of many things being quite as important as good writing and good reading; but in all things it is… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Wishing won't make it so Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it The… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“And during times such as those, when people wanted to get on with life, the Battle of the Sexes turned into all-out… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
“Insofar as the intervention of grace constitutes the core of religious experience, the constant aim of every religious movement ought to be… — Adam Miller Copy Share Image