Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad. Votes: 3
Michel de MontaigneA serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. Votes: 3
Ludwig WittgensteinAll of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. Votes: 2
Jean-Jacques RousseauJust living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Votes: 2
Hans Christian AndersenThere is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. Votes: 2
Niccolo MachiavelliTake from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. Votes: 2
Jean-Jacques RousseauWhat is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. Votes: 2
Ludwig WittgensteinThe first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. Votes: 2
Arthur SchopenhauerAim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor. Votes: 2
Bill ShanklyI wish to die knowing that I took a fleeting instant of eternity and fashioned from it a lifetime. Votes: 2
Robert BreaultCompromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. Votes: 1
Hedy LamarrMetaphysics is the clearing house for all fundamental philosophical problems. Votes: 0
Joseph Alexander LeightonReason has, especially today, many other manifestations than philosophical ones. Votes: 0
Gustavo GutiérrezFine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation. Votes: 0
Anton ChekhovI'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida. Votes: 0
Hanif KureishiIt is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy. Votes: 0
Pierre-Joseph ProudhonI'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. Votes: 0
David MitchellWhere politics is concerned, I think poets have to be pragmatists, philosophical pragmatists. Votes: 0
Robert HassPeople, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit. Votes: 0
BirdmanEvery philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelThere is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleTechnology at present is covert philosophy; the point is to make it overtly philosophical. Votes: 0
Philip E. AgreThere is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed methods, like different therapies. Votes: 0
Ludwig WittgensteinThe reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks. Votes: 0
John DarnielleIn my downtime, for fun, I engage in philosophical internet debates. Yeah, I'm that guy. Votes: 0
Scott CliftonWith my full philosophical rucksack I can only climb slowly up the mountain of mathematics. Votes: 0
Ludwig WittgensteinWhen you're young you try to be methodical and philosophical, but reality keeps breaking in. Votes: 0
Randall JarrellSchopenhauer had been Hitler's philosophical god in the early days. In power it was Nietzsche. Votes: 0
Ernst HanfstaenglNo policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained. Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnI am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity. Votes: 0
Kedar JoshiI veer more toward the philosophical and the poetic than I do toward the alert and angry. Votes: 0
Michelle StuartI have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God. Votes: 0
James Clerk MaxwellPretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Votes: 0
William JamesWhen I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinLosing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranTo some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio. Votes: 0
Arturo ToscaniniMy ex-wife was a philosophy major at NYU. Yeah, she and I used to have deep philosophical discussions where she would prove that I didn't exist. Votes: 2 Woody Allen
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Votes: 2 Roger Ebert
There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. Votes: 1 H. L. Mencken