Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Humanity is the disease."
Agent Brown
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"The collective is all."
Agent Brown
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"You are data, nothing more."
Agent Brown
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"You are part of the machine."
Agent Brown
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"Isn't it funny how some people can go through life without ever really thinking?"
Linus van Pelt
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"I believe that cynicism is just disappointed idealism."
Linus van Pelt
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"Why do people fear those who are different?"
Linus van Pelt
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"Sometimes the most philosophical thing you can say is nothing at all."
Linus van Pelt
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"Sometimes I wonder if everyone else is confused too, and just hiding it better."
Linus van Pelt
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"Philosophy is just common sense with a fancy name"
Edith Bunker
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"Your choices define who you are"
Edith Bunker
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"We're all connected in this world"
Edith Bunker
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"That's the trouble with society today—no values, no morals."
Archie Bunker
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"That's what I call being practical about life."
Archie Bunker
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"The world's always had its troubles and always will."
Archie Bunker
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"You can't make everybody happy, so don't try."
Archie Bunker
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
Peppermint Patty
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including ourselves."
Peppermint Patty
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"You can't reason with someone who decides to be unreasonable."
Jack Sparrow
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"I don't believe in coincidences."
Jack Sparrow
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"I've learned that everyone has their breaking point."
Jack Sparrow
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"I don't understand all this newfangled philosophy stuff, but I know what's right."
Meathead
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"We are not here because we are free. We are here because we are not free."
Agent Brown
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"Philosophy questions everything, including itself."
Agent Brown
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"Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, 'Is life a multiple choice test or an essay?' Then a dog barks and I realize it doesn't matter."
Snoopy
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"Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, except half the pieces are missing and you don't have the picture."
Snoopy
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"Sometimes I wonder if I'm just a dog, or if I'm something more."
Snoopy
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"I think I've figured out the meaning of life: it's whatever you make it."
Snoopy
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"I don't see anything wrong with tradition."
Edith Bunker
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"I don't approve of all this modern thinking."
Edith Bunker