Bad ideas Quote by John Gardner

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have…

— John W. Gardner

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity,…

— Anonymous

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.

— John W. Gardner

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.

— John McCarthy

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

— Anonymous

I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

— Edith Green

We don’t have the plumbing to take care of what needs to be taken care of.

— Boomer Esiason

No philosophy based on an incorrect view of the nature of man is likely to produce social good.

— Stanley Kubrick

Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

— Compay Segundo

In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry.

— Anton Chekhov

Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

— George Meany

Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

— George Meany