My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald ReaganPhilosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her (letter to Edmund Halley)
Sir Isaac NewtonPhilosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North WhiteheadPhilosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Ludwig WittgensteinPhilosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
Henry L MenckenWhat has philosophy got to do with measuring anything?
Galileo GalileiI am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max BornYour philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
Jim RohnTo live each moment to the full, because the moment never comes again [on her life philosophy... deep!]
Shabnam ParyaniKeep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Kahlil GibranMy philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. (Second philosophy behind that one: when in doubt, roll in a grenade and come in firing.)
J Michael StraczynskiUltimately it was stifling because it sought to embrace in its philosophy every facet of existence [on Marxism]. That, of course, is its attraction to many
Tony BlairHe could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass. [on Dave Allen]
Dylan MoranPhilosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
Gilbert RyleThere is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
Eugene IonescoAn impossible lie is an impossible lie [well this particular piece of philosophy is hard to argue with!]
Bubba WatsonArt for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Frank Lloyd WrightAstonishment is the root of philosophy.
Paul TillichArt requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul GauguinEnglishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labor of its unfamiliar thought.
W B YeatsTo become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)
William Ralph IngeEditing a philosophy dictionary is jolly hard work!
Edward CraigHistory is philosophy from examples.
Dionysius Of HalicarnassusThe sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted.
John AspinallMy philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah WinfreyThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5)
William ShakespeareTo believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Sir Thomas BrowneMan is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. (Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, 1840)
William WhewellHistory is philosophy teaching by example.
DionysiusOnly a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
Albert CamusAny philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
Sydney HarrisWhen people come together, go to each other's country, and watch a conflict being played out on the field of sport, as opposed to the field of battle... then why can't that same spirit, that same philosophy, infect other aspects of relations? [Hoping India and Pakistan would develop their relationship off the pitch]
Colin PowellDesign is not for philosophy - it's for life
Issey MiyakeTrue philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
Victor CousinAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EpictetusOne thinks of French philosophy that it aspires to the condition of literature or the condition of art, and that English and American philosophy aspires to the condition of science. French philosophy, one thinks of as picking up an idea and running with it, posibility into a nearby brick wall or over a local cliff, or something like that.
Ted HonderichAll serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
Ernest DimnetAny lore that widens people's horizons and presents food for thought is the beginning of philosophy
Chief Reuben O OgunyemiBoxing got me started on philosophy. You bash them, they bash you and you think, what's it all for?
Arthur MallardLife is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and leads all who accept it astray. Religion, science, philosophy, though still at variance upon many points, all agree in this, that every existence is an aim.
Giuseppe MazziniMy philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white.
Monty PythonThe philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Henry Ward Beecher I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.
Jose MourinhoYou do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.
Constantine KaramanlisThe propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical, or even mental, objects; they express definitions, or the formal consequences of definitions. [Ayer was a logical positivist]
A J AyerPhilosophy will clip an angel's wings.
John KeatsI think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
Bertrand RussellPositivism: A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
Ambrose BierceBecause philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Sir Thomas AquinasI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
Benedict Spinoza
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