Aristotle Quotes

139 Aristotle quotes by 116 unique authors

I paraphrase Aristotle: If you want to be comical, write about people to whom the audience can feel superior; if you want to be tragical,… — Kurt Vonnegut
A men whose every word is nothing but the truth is not a human being but a god! Gods do not die, whereas Aristotle is… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has… — Criss Jami
Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great. — Old Tom Morris
Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a… — Robert McKee
At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated.… — Arthur Gordon Webster
Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals is said to… — John Milton
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head. — Herman Melville
Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those… — John Dryden
One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the… — Joseph Joubert
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges,… — Ben Jonson
Conservatism, we are told, is out-of-date. This charge is preposterous and we ought to boldly say so. The laws of God, and of nature, have… — Barry Goldwater
It is difficult to be funny and great at the same time. Aristophanes and Moliere and Mark Twain must sit below Aristotle and Bossuet and… — Stephen Leacock
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle to Croce, have… — George Steiner
During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures. — Paul Getty
Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement,… — Paula Cole
For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human. — Terry Eagleton
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. — Jack Kevorkian
In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk… — Timothy Leary
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco… — Moliere
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A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a… — Josh Radnor
Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep… — Bertrand Russell
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining… — Bertrand Russell

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