Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

G
"The problem with people is that they're only human."
Gracie Allen
G
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and everyone looks like a problem to hit with it."
Gracie Allen
R
"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom."
Red Skelton
R
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Red Skelton
"The world grows more complex every day, but the human mind grows no more complex."
Fred Allen
"The grasshopper philosophers have never gotten off the ground."
Fred Allen
"The more the world comes to resemble a stage, the more we should be ready for the sudden descent from the balcony."
Fred Allen
J
"If money is the root of all evil, why do we pursue it so earnestly?"
Jack Benny
B
"The most important battles are fought within ourselves."
Bob Hope
"Life is just a short ride before we all get off."
George Burns
"I've learned that the journey is more important than the destination."
George Burns
G
"If there's no point in doing something, why do it?"
Gracie Allen
G
"I once said that the problem with society is that we've made everything too easy."
Gracie Allen
G
"The most dangerous people are the ones who are certain they're right."
Gracie Allen
G
"I once said that the problem with the world is that we're all too busy."
Gracie Allen
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions."
Mae West
R
"I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth."
Red Skelton
R
"The future is just the past entered through another gate."
Red Skelton
R
"Every atom of your being is made of stardust."
Red Skelton
J
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Jack Benny
L
"Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything."
Lucille Ball
L
"If you want to know the future, look at what you're doing now."
Lucille Ball
L
"Philosophy without action is just noise."
Lucille Ball
"All that we accomplish is due to the quality of our thoughts."
Fred Allen
"It is easy to have principles when you're rich."
Fred Allen
"We are in a state of complexity, constantly trying to find our way through the maze of modern living."
Fred Allen
"Civilization is a disease and I'll give myself up to it with grace."
Fred Allen
"Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
Fred Allen
"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."
Fred Allen
B
"Philosophy is just common sense with a fancy name."
Bob Hope