General Quote by Bernard Williams

People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last…

— Bernard Williams

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

— Bernard Williams

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

— Bernard Williams

Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it.

— Bernard Williams

If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense,…

— Bernard Williams

“That an action would be cowardly is not often found by an agent to be a consideration in its favor, but it could be,…

— Bernard Williams

We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.

— Bernard Williams

You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.

— Bernard Williams

The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble.

— Bernard Williams

Few things move as quietly as the future.

— Bernard Williams

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

— Bernard Williams

Virtually the only subject in which one could ever get a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge was classics. So I went to Oxford to…

— Bernard Williams