Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul GauguinUltimately 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 BlairAn impossible lie is an impossible lie [well this particular piece of philosophy is hard to argue with!]
Bubba WatsonYou do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.
Constantine KaramanlisBe a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man
David HumePhilosophy 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 NewtonTo live each moment to the full, because the moment never comes again [on her life philosophy... deep!]
Shabnam ParyaniPeople who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
W B YeatsPhilosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
Gilbert RyleKeep 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 GibranHistory is philosophy teaching by example.
DionysiusYou're asking me to give insight into my personality or my philosophy of acting. I just don't think that deeply about it. What it means when I do this or that - I don't know. That's coming outside of myself. I prefer to live my life from inside of me, rather than come outside.
Tobey MaguireHistory is philosophy from examples.
Dionysius Of HalicarnassusPositivism: 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 BierceThere 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 IonescoThe proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them, fixedly and tirelessly, year after year, without any hope, patiently waiting.
Simone WeilMy philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white.
Monty PythonEditing a philosophy dictionary is jolly hard work!
Edward CraigLife 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 MazziniDesign is not for philosophy - it's for life
Issey MiyakePhilosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North WhiteheadYour philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
Jim RohnPhilosophy 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 MenckenAstonishment is the root of philosophy.
Paul TillichAnd new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.
John DonneAlways put the gun in the other man's hand [on his life philosophy]
Joseph FiennesEnglishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labor of its unfamiliar thought.
W B YeatsOne 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 HonderichMy 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 WinfreyPhilosophy will clip an angel's wings.
John KeatsI intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.
Jose MourinhoI have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
Charles M Schulz The 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 AyerTo become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)
William Ralph IngeHe could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass. [on Dave Allen]
Dylan MoranAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EpictetusTrue philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
Victor CousinI am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max BornTo believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Sir Thomas BrowneA novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Jim RohnI 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 RussellBoxing got me started on philosophy. You bash them, they bash you and you think, what's it all for?
Arthur MallardThe modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
GalbraithThe sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted.
John AspinallThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5)
William ShakespeareAny genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Henry MillerMy 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 StraczynskiTo ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize
Blaise PascalMy 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 ReaganWhen 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 Powell
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