“After a long analysis of Robson’s suicide, we concluded that it could only be considered philosophical in an arithmetical sense of the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The evident character of this defective cognition of which mathematics is proud, and on which it plumes itself before philosophy, rests solely… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“But right now, as for my own philosophy, there is a quotation that rather sums it up: “When you arise in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right… — Matt Taibbi 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
Take a minute. Pause. Stop doing, and simply be...This moment. Think, here, now. This moment will never occur again. This moment is… — A D Kruk Copy Share Image
It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“the philosophical cure to anxiety is not optimism but rather pessimism. optimism says “the world is beautiful and there’s no reason to… — Juansen Dizon Copy Share Image
“It also appears to me that when prejudices persist obstinately, it is the fault of nobody so much as of those who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
“The surest way to bring out the best in you may simply be to remind yourself, again and again, that you can… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
The seventh rule of the ethics of means and ends is that generally success or failure is a mighty determinant of ethics.… — Saul Alinsky 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
“I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were… — Christopher Vogler Copy Share Image
“As a sign of power the hand has a dynamic aspect: it is poised to act and conquer. Open and extended, it… — Hugues Boekraad Copy Share Image
“I like a good detective story," he said. "But, you know, they begin in the wrong place! They begin with the murder. But the murder is the end. The story begins long before that—years before sometimes with all the causes and events that bring certain people to a certain place at a certain time on a certain day.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
As for philosophy, it makes an architect high-minded and not self-assuming, but rather renders him courteous, just, and honest without avariciousness. This… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
As a younger person, my philosophy was jump off a cliff. I realize now that there are stairs and elevators. I am… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
“Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Companies that understand the purpose and philosophy behind the "why" are usually astute, high- performing organizations that tap directly into the pulse… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
“There is no part of one’s beliefs about oneself which cannot be modified by sufficiently powerful psychological techniques. There is nothing about… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
“Turing attended Wittgenstein's lectures on the philosophy of mathematics in Cambridge in 1939 and disagreed strongly with a line of argument that… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
If you are going to help people discover God's original will for them, we've got to know what that will is, and… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
“What resists phenomenology within us--natural being, the 'barbarian' source Schelling spoke of--cannot remain outside phenomenology. The philosopher must bear his shadow, which… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
I’m going to argue here that the most accurate and least muddled way to think of permaculture is as a design approach,… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Some think to avoid the influence of metaphysical errors, by paying no attention to metaphysics; but experience shows that these men beyond… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“Being, as the basic theme of philosophy, is no class or genus of entities; yet it pertains to every entity. Its 'universality'… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
“Imagine you are in a classroom and they hand you a test with many interesting multiple choice questions, until you get to… — Pablo Copy Share Image
I've met several times with the Activision guys and we've talked at length about Blizzard's philosophy on game development and game publishing… — Michael Morhaime Copy Share Image
“A smart person speaks out the truth. A wise person doesn't care about speaking it out, as much as he or she… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am as sure as I am of Christ’s reign that a comprehensive and centralized system of national education, separated from religion,… — A.A. Hodge 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
“The life of our bodies is only a constantly prevented dying, an ever deferred death…Every breath we draw wards off death that… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“The Character Ethic taught that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Suppose that members of a religious movement, such as Christianity, maintain that the existence of some powerful god and its goals or… — Matt McCormick Copy Share Image
![“To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right or absolutely wrong, as determined by reason. 2. According to my reasoning, I am absolutely right. 3. Charity is immoral. 4. Pay for your own fucking schools.” quote by Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/matt-taibbi-2257_ayn-rand_to-sum-it-all-up-the-ayn-rand-belief-sys_734389.jpg)
