Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

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"We must build AI systems that respect human dignity and agency."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"We must remember that behind every algorithm is a human choice and value."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"In the end, technology is judged by its impact on the human heart and spirit."
Fei-Fei Li
T
"The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race."
Thomas Malthus
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"The principal mode by which the necessary restraint on population is effected, and by which the resources of nature are preserved, is moral restraint."
Thomas Malthus
T
"The checks to population are all resolvable into misery or vice."
Thomas Malthus
T
"The progress of mankind depends upon the moral improvement of individuals."
Thomas Malthus
T
"The question of population is not merely an economic question, but a moral and philosophical one."
Thomas Malthus
B
"Every protocol we design must account for human nature, not just technical requirements."
Bob Kahn
B
"Open systems outperform closed ones because they benefit from collective intelligence."
Bob Kahn
B
"Philosophy asks why; engineering asks how; wisdom knows when to ask each."
Bob Kahn
B
"Every language has its quirks, and that's what makes programming interesting."
Brendan Eich
B
"Philosophy asks why we build what we build."
Brendan Eich
A
"The power of a good question often exceeds the value of a quick answer."
Andrew Ng
A
"The questions you ask shape the future more than the answers you find."
Andrew Ng
D
"The principle which I have attempted to establish is this—That commodities are valuable in proportion to the labour which has been bestowed upon them."
David Ricardo
D
"The natural effect of improvement is to lower the real price of commodities."
David Ricardo
D
"Scarcity gives value to commodities, not their utility alone."
David Ricardo
D
"Value in exchange depends upon comparative scarcity and labour."
David Ricardo
D
"Demand and supply are the regulating principles of the market."
David Ricardo
D
"Population tends to increase faster than the means of subsistence."
David Ricardo
D
"The cost of production determines the long-run price of commodities."
David Ricardo
D
"A country's natural resources are less important than its capital and labour."
David Ricardo
D
"The market price of labour oscillates around its natural price based on demand."
David Ricardo
D
"Economic principles are discovered through logical reasoning and careful observation."
David Ricardo
T
"I have this very strong belief that the web is fundamentally for everyone."
Tim Berners-Lee
T
"We create our own meaning in this world."
Tim Berners-Lee
T
"The web is bigger than any one company or person."
Tim Berners-Lee
T
"The web should serve humanity, not the other way around."
Tim Berners-Lee
T
"The web is a test of our character as a species."
Tim Berners-Lee