Philosophy Quote by J.L. Austin Download Open image ““It is not enough to show how clever we are by showing how obscure everything is".”” — J.L. Austin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy Truth Wisdom
The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius. — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“It is a great act of cleverness to conceal one's being clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
If I am ever obscure in my expressions, do not fancy that therefore I am deep. If I were really deep, all the world… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“Alas, ‘tis the bane of the innuendo as its natural tendency is to make itself obscure.” — Brenda Sloan Copy Share Image
“Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions.” — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
“What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words… — Tarjei Vesaas Copy Share Image
“Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.” — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
“We live in a cluttered world of too much information and too much stuff.” — James Wallman Copy Share Image
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Philosophers often seem to think that they can just 'assign' any meaning whatever to any word; and so no doubt, in an absolutely trivial… — J.L. Austin Copy Share Image
“MIND & GRIND Self-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“It takes tremendous courage, persistence, and perseverance to pursue your ultimate purpose.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are thieves— the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I never knew any man who had once tasted the sweetness of experimental knowledge, that ever afterward fasted after ye Vapour garlick and onions… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
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