Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including ourselves."Carol Burnett
"Philosophy without action is just expensive thinking."Mel Brooks
"A person is smart. People are dumb."Johnny Carson
"Philosophy asks the big questions; experience provides the answers."Carol Burnett
"Philosophy teaches us that the examined life is the richest life."Goldie Hawn
"I try to be cynical, but it all comes out as pure idealism."Lily Tomlin
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"Lily Tomlin
"I used to think the brain was the most important organ. Then I thought, what's telling me that?"Lily Tomlin
"I believe that almost all human conflict comes from people taking themselves too seriously."Lily Tomlin
"What if there is no audience, what if you're just speaking into the void?"Lily Tomlin
"I believe that evolution happens not in the body but in consciousness."Lily Tomlin
"I prefer to think of myself as a natural philosopher rather than a stand-up comedian."Lily Tomlin
"Philosophy is the art of questioning your own assumptions."Johnny Carson
"We are all on this Earth to help others; what on Earth the others are here for, I have no idea."Phyllis Diller
"I love mankind. It's people I can't stand."Phyllis Diller
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything. I question why I'm even alive."Rodney Dangerfield
"Your thoughts create your reality."Goldie Hawn
"Philosophy is just fancy way of asking the questions we all wonder about."Don Rickles
"The only thing I believe in is the now."Mort Sahl
"Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?"Mort Sahl
"I wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in those bones and sinews and that kind of light?"Gilda Radner
"Philosophy isn't just thinking; it's living with intention."Carol Burnett
"Reality is a collective hunch."Lily Tomlin
"I'm always torn between wanting to improve things and wanting to let them fall apart."Lily Tomlin
"I find that when you open the door to the absurd, you can accept much more."Lily Tomlin
"I think we're all just trying to make sense of the chaos and create some meaning."Lily Tomlin
"Philosophy is just asking questions other people are too scared to ask."Don Rickles
"We all have darkness inside us, but we also have light."Gilda Radner
"We're all just trying to figure out how to be human."Gilda Radner
"The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who believe the world is divided into two kinds of people, and those who don't."Mort Sahl