Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Philosophy teaches you to think. Hollywood teaches you not to."Joe Gillis
"The philosophy of life is simple: be unforgettable."Norma Desmond
"Philosophy without action is mere conversation."Norma Desmond
"In these rooms, the living exist alongside the dead."Max von Mayerling
"The ghosts of our choices forever inhabit our spaces."Max von Mayerling
"In the end, we are all merely servants of something greater."Max von Mayerling
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"Why do you have to be a jerk to be special?"Holly Golightly
"That's the difference between us."Holly Golightly
"That's the way life is."Holly Golightly
"Sometimes I wonder who I really am."Princess Anne
"How can one explain the inexplicable?"Princess Anne
"What is life without such moments?"Princess Anne
"The measure of a man is not in what he acquires, but what he becomes."Jedediah Leland
"A man must decide: will he be a servant to his ideals or master of his desires?"Jedediah Leland
"A philosopher is merely a man asking the wrong questions."Jedediah Leland
"One woman's pancake is another woman's tragedy."Norma Desmond
"There is nothing tragic about that."Norma Desmond
"I'm not mad. I'm only sick of this world."Norma Desmond
"There's no second acts in American lifeāthat's what someone said."Joe Gillis
"You can't win in this game. The house always wins."Joe Gillis
"I made a deal with the devil and thought I was clever."Joe Gillis
"I can see it all clearly now. It's too late to see clearly now."Joe Gillis
"Memory is a terrible master and a relentless companion."Max von Mayerling
"I understand that we are all merely players on a stage, temporary and replaceable."Max von Mayerling
"I believe in the perfectibility of systems and the inevitability of human failure."Max von Mayerling
"I believe that order is not oppressive; it is liberating."Max von Mayerling
"Philosophy teaches us how to truly live."Charles Foster Kane
"I learned too late what truly matters in life."Charles Foster Kane