Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom through reason"
Red Skelton
R
"We are all broken, but our cracks let the light through"
Red Skelton
W
"In my experience, man is a creature of contradictions."
W.C. Fields
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Laurel and Hardy
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
Groucho Marx
B
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, even philosophy itself."
Bob Hope
"Question everything"
Laurel and Hardy
B
"Every action has a consequence."
Buster Keaton
B
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Buster Keaton
B
"Philosophy without practice is empty."
Buster Keaton
B
"Philosophy questions everything."
Buster Keaton
B
"Philosophy seeks truth."
Buster Keaton
"I'm not interested in how people think. I'm interested in how they think."
Mae West
"I prefer interesting shadows to dull light."
Mae West
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"The difference between a novel and real life is that a novel has to make sense."
Lucille Ball
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"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
Red Skelton
W
"The appetites of the flesh are not improper, they're natural."
W.C. Fields
W
"The world is getting to be such a terrible place that I'm forced to believe half of what I hear."
W.C. Fields
W
"The man who goes to the office and sits at a desk all day is a fool."
W.C. Fields
W
"The world is divided into two classes: those who believe the world is divided into two classes and those who don't."
W.C. Fields
W
"A fellow must have a code, and mine is quite simple."
W.C. Fields
"Philosophy helps us understand ourselves"
Laurel and Hardy
"Contemplate life's big questions"
Laurel and Hardy
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"Dialectics teach us that opposites can both be true at the same time."
Marsha Linehan
M
"Reality is dialectical: both this and that can be true."
Marsha Linehan
B
"The most profound truths are often found in the smallest gestures."
Buster Keaton
B
"Philosophy asks the questions; life provides the answers."
Buster Keaton
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
Groucho Marx
"Every man thinks he's the victim of other people's ambitions."
Groucho Marx
"These are my rules. If you don't like them, I have others."
Groucho Marx