“And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In terms of political things, I think it's important to be more direct in terms of political statements. I think in terms… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
In philosophical anthropology, ... where the subject is man in his wholeness, the investigator cannot content himself, as in anthropology as an… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
There are signs, these days, that the cultural hegemony of postmodernism is weakening in the West. When even the developers tell an… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
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What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
If life has given us no more than a prison cell, let's at least decorate it as best we can-with the shadows… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
It was an important part of Mendelssohn's philosophical and religious view that the traditional rationalist proofs for God's existence should be sound… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. If there's any one word -- if you had to pick one word to describe the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
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I have just been through the process of killing a cistudo for the sake of science; but I cannot excuse myself for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The philosophical anthropologist ... can know the wholeness of the person and through it the wholeness of man only when he does… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
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My first degree was in mathematics. That was great, but it didn't help with many of the things that puzzled me. I… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of the university is that it is made up of professors who train professors, or professionals training professionals.… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
“Time plays no role in the life of one man—the subtle consciousness of it floating past me is more than enough. Years,… — Henry Martin Copy Share Image
I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
“Deep down, all the while, she was waiting for something to happen. Like a sailor in distress, she kept casting desperate glances… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to be interested in it from the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I am certainly open to the idea that this might be used to explain other philosophical categories besides knowledge. I have some… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
Judo has been part of Japanese culture for a long time. It makes sense to me that this sport, which is both… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
It cannot but affect our philosophy favorably to be reminded of these shoals of migratory fishes, of salmon, shad, alewives, marsh-bankers, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought, nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weapons, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles. But… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
“If living philosophy was dead in Greek and had, furthermore, failed to be transplanted and to acquire an independent status in other… — Dimitri Gutas Copy Share Image
“The philosophical system with which we try to interpret contents of the unconscious is open to still more, and that is the… — Marie-Louise von Franz Copy Share Image
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The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced… — Christopher Tolkien Copy Share Image
In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in… — Yi-Fu Tuan Copy Share Image
Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right… — Jeffrey Boam Copy Share Image
These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
I'd never say I'll never have a facelift, but I'm way too scared of looking like a different person. I have no… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
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Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When silence confronts us, the question to which there is no answer rings out in the silence. That ultimate "why," that great… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
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