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