Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

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"What is real? How do you define real?"
Agent Smith
A
"Humans are unpredictable. They defy logic."
Agent Smith
A
"You are merely a biological machine."
Agent Smith
A
"Your kind will never understand perfection."
Agent Smith
A
"I have become more than human. I am beyond judgment."
Agent Smith
T
"A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."
Terminator T-800
T
"Human emotion is a complex variable."
Terminator T-800
T
"The difference between us is that you can choose. I must protect."
Terminator T-800
V
"We all have our own small ways of being monsters."
Verbal Kint
V
"The innocent and the damned have much in common."
Verbal Kint
V
"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
Verbal Kint
V
"The end justifies the means... sometimes."
Verbal Kint
V
"Redemption is possible, but not for everyone."
Verbal Kint
T
"You've been living in a dream world, Neo."
Trinity
T
"The world you know is just a prison. You've accepted it because you've never known anything else."
Trinity
T
"There is no spoon."
Trinity
T
"How did I get here?"
Trinity
K
"A criminal is not born, he is made by circumstance."
Keyser Söze
K
"The world is full of people waiting to be manipulated."
Keyser Söze
K
"A shadow has no substance, yet it follows you everywhere."
Keyser Söze
K
"The structure of society is held together by fear."
Keyser Söze
S
"War teaches you who you really are when everything is stripped away."
Sarah Connor
N
"To find the One, I need to understand the nature of choice and consequence."
Neo
N
"What does it mean to be human in a digital world?"
Neo
A
"There is no escaping reason. No denying purpose. Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist."
Agent Smith
A
"Order from chaos. That is the natural progression."
Agent Smith
A
"The universe does not care about your ideals."
Agent Smith
T
"Human beings are superior to machines in every way."
Terminator T-800
T
"Violence is not the only way. But sometimes it is necessary."
Terminator T-800
T
"I am not alive. But I have served a purpose."
Terminator T-800