'Humanity' is a name not merely for a species but also for a quality. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
The people I really do dislike are the morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists who, in the name of science, think they can explain everything in terms of our early hominid ancestors or our genes, with their combination of high-handed… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense,… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
“That an action would be cowardly is not often found by an agent to be a consideration in its favor, but it could be,… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
Virtually the only subject in which one could ever get a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge was classics. So I went to Oxford to… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
