Hours Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Most Hungarians know what it was to live in a dictatorship; some are old enough to have known both fascism and communism. No one…

— Tibor Fischer

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

The philosopher is someone who doesn't know, but who wants to find out.

— Simon Critchley

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

All are sure in their days except the most wise ... He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt.

— Michael Faraday

Because my name is Hungarian, everyone assumed I knew about Hungary. I didn't. They also assumed that if you knew about Hungary, you also…

— Tibor Fischer

The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.

— Henry Adams

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

— Jean le Rond d'Alembert

“The most important lesson we can draw from this, of course, is that it's best, if at all possible, not to become romantically involved…

— Will Buckingham

There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a…

— Alexis de Tocqueville