Philosophy Quote by Aldous Huxley

“Not philosophers, but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.”

— Aldous Huxley

For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the…

— 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

“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

“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

“It is allowed that vocations and employments of least dignity are of the most apparent use; that the meanest artisan or manufacturer contributes more…

— Samuel Jonhson

These are fashionable people who call themselves philosophers.

— Noam Chomsky

“It is my obligation as a gentleman to protect philosophers.”

— Bill Minutaglio

“History is a cookbook. The tyrants are chefs. The philosophers write menus. The priests are waiters. The military men are bouncers. The singing you…

— Charles Simic

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

— Honoré de Balzac

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

— Kathleen Tessaro