Philosophy Quote by Aldous Huxley

“Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.”

— Aldous Huxley

“For of course some sort of general idea they must have, if they were to do their work intelligently-though as little of one, if…

— Aldous Huxley

“I’ve read the philosophers. I range up and down them like a housewife with a dividend check in the Sears and Roebuck store.”

— Stephen King

“What place indeed is there in the shallow petty frivolous thing called society for noble thoughts and feelings?”

— Honoré de Balzac

“A philosopher's house is always more tuneful than a disciplinarian's.”

— Joshua Emmet

“To be more precise: although philosophical questions concern us all, we do not all become philosophers.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“The world was full of collectors, scouring the earth for pieces of themselves.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves.

— Blaise Pascal

“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“Philosophers are good at parties but not for cleaning up after.”

— Lorrie Moore

“Isn't it distinctly to be seen in the development of each philosopher's theory, that he knows what is the chief significance of life beforehand,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Perhaps the solicitation to pamper the way men live is too strong for them, for much of the business of philosophy at the present…

— Fulton J. Sheen