« All Life Philosophy Quotes
·
Alexander McCall Smith's Page
Life Philosophy Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
1 Life Philosophy quote by Alexander McCall Smith
More Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute…
-
A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living…
-
But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?
-
The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just loved.
-
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in…
-
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how…
-
Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time;…
-
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
-
The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.
-
It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved…
-
We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are…
-
Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment,…
See all 83 quotes by Alexander McCall Smith »
More Life Philosophy Quotes
Popular Life Philosophy quotes from across the collection:
-
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
— Bertolt Brecht
-
Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen…
— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
-
Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.
— Tom Osborne
-
The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're…
— Gary North
-
The Gospel is not presented to mankind as an argument about religious principals. Nor is it offered as a philosophy of life.…
— Unknown Author
-
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful…
— Helen Keller
-
Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
— Dale Carnegie
-
Life is not logic, life is not philosophy. Life is a dance, a song, a celebration! It is more like love and…
— Rajneesh
-
Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
— Marlon Brando
-
Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.
— Paul Guilfoyle
-
Someone asked me once what my philosophy of life was, and I said some crazy thing. I should have said, how the…
— Rock Hudson
See all Life Philosophy Quotes »
Browse Alexander McCall Smith Quotes by Category