Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain, so I spare you the inside view of my heart. — Marian Hooper Adams Copy Share Image
Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
“Tripp was like this—a suburban-dad philosopher. “You tell me.” “It’s” — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Without at all invalidating what we have just said, we believe that a perpetual remembrance of the tomb is proper for the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The true business of the philosopher, though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts.” — John Leslie Copy Share Image
My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Eldora smiled up at Paulo cunningly, her dark eyes twinkling. “You are old, Father.” “Not as old as I shall be, before… — Mary-Jean Harris Copy Share Image
But Adam Smith was a philosopher as well as well as an economist, famous in his time as much for his Theory… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“I had to originate a philosophical framework of my own, because my basic view of man and existence was theories. In order… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When Marx, in the Theses on Feuerbach, says that only idealism up to now has understood the active side of material Praxis,… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
“O Heavenly Children, God's messengers are as limitless as the fish in the sea. They come in all colors, regions, languages and… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
It has been said by a distinguished philosopher that England is "usually the last to enter into the general movement of the… — Isaac Todhunter Copy Share Image
.. the word ecology, coined by the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel (initially as oecology) in 1866. derives from the Greek… — Warwick Fox Copy Share Image
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard absolute optimism… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Philosophers often think all scientists must be scientific realists. If you ask a simple question like "Are electrons real?" the answer will… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share Image
“That philosopher who orders us to conceal ourselves and to care for no one but ourselves and who wishes us to remain… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“Who would be a more suitable leader of a city or more worthy to rule over people than a philosopher? It is… — William Irvine Copy Share Image
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Ants that encounter in their path a dead philosopher may make good use of him.” — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Humour is human. Why? Well, because the Philosopher, Aristotle, says so. — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did. — Agnes Denes Copy Share Image
Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
