Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"We are all connected in ways we don't understand."Terry Gilliam
"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."Terry Gilliam
"The universe doesn't care about your plans"Eric Idle
"Philosophy is the art of wondering"Eric Idle
"Philosophy is asking questions you can't answer while sounding intelligent."Tony Hancock
"Philosophy teaches us how to think, not what to think."Redd Foxx
"What you resist persists, so embrace the chaos."Frankie Howerd
"Madness is to think alike with the majority."Spike Milligan
"The world is full of interesting people if you bother to look."Spike Milligan
"I've spent my life trying to make sense of the nonsensical."Spike Milligan
"I've spent my life asking questions that don't have easy answers."Spike Milligan
"The world is run by people who don't understand what they're doing."Terry Gilliam
"We're all performing for an audience that mostly doesn't care."Terry Gilliam
"Philosophy is just organized confusion about the important things."Peter Sellers
"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."Peter Sellers
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."John Cleese
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes."John Cleese
"Philosophy is just asking better questions of yourself."Frankie Howerd
"The trouble with most people is they think with their wallets instead of their hearts"Tony Hancock
"The human condition is best understood through comedy and satire."Eric Idle
"The best comedians are philosophers in disguise."Eric Idle
"The universe is absurd, so why fight it?"Eric Idle
"Philosophy is asking the big questions even though there are no big answers."Eric Idle
"Philosophy is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't really know, but I'm thinking about it.'"Redd Foxx
"I'm interested in the idea that we're all quite mad, and the question is just how we express that madness."Terry Gilliam
"The human condition is essentially comedic if you look at it from a distance."Terry Gilliam
"We're all monsters and angels, just in different proportions."Terry Gilliam
"Reality is just a consensus we're all pretending to agree on."Terry Gilliam
"Every culture is equally insane when you view it from outside."Terry Gilliam
"The greatest trick the mind plays is convincing you it's in control."Terry Gilliam