Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

T
"Humans control the tool. Not the other way around."
Terminator T-800
T
"Your species creates things beautiful and terrible."
Terminator T-800
M
"What you must learn is that these rules are no different than the rules of a dream. But if you are unable to find any errors, then perhaps you are the error."
Morpheus
V
"The world is a stage, and most people are just playing their part."
Verbal Kint
V
"Every story has a villain, depending on who's telling it."
Verbal Kint
V
"Philosophy is just fancy words for 'I don't know.'"
Verbal Kint
T
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."
Trinity
K
"A man's true character is revealed through his choices, not his words."
Keyser Söze
K
"A name is only as real as the person who speaks it."
Keyser Söze
K
"To understand philosophy, first understand yourself."
Keyser Söze
K
"Philosophy is the luxury of the unpunished."
Keyser Söze
C
"Philosophy teaches us how to think clearly."
Clarice Starling
N
"What is real? If you can see it, taste it, smell it, then it's real"
Neo
V
"A man is smart. Men are dumb."
Verbal Kint
V
"The world is not as simple as good and evil."
Verbal Kint
V
"We are all slaves to something."
Verbal Kint
V
"The darkness teaches us who we really are."
Verbal Kint
V
"The past is a prison we build for ourselves."
Verbal Kint
V
"We are all prisoners of something."
Verbal Kint
V
"The truth is often less interesting than the lie."
Verbal Kint
A
"There is no spoon."
Agent Smith
A
"A human being is a part of the whole we call the universe, a part limited in time and space."
Agent Smith
A
"What is real? What does it mean to be real?"
Agent Smith
A
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
Agent Smith
A
"The hardest thing to accept is that there is no meaning except the meaning we create."
Agent Smith
A
"I am order in a world of chaos. I am the answer you've been seeking."
Agent Smith
A
"I am not your enemy, Neo. I am your salvation."
Agent Smith
A
"I believe in nothing and everything simultaneously."
Agent Smith
H
"Hannibal the Cannibal. Such a colorful nickname. Do you think it's apt?"
Hannibal Lecter
H
"We covet what we see every day."
Hannibal Lecter