Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

"Good people drink good beer."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Chaos is what we've lost touch with. That's why we need it."
Hunter S. Thompson
"We are all addicted to something. Some of us just hide it better."
Hunter S. Thompson
J
"The camera shows us mirrors. What we do with our reflection defines us."
James Foley
J
"In every person's story is the story of humanity itself."
James Foley
J
"To tell a story is to participate in the redemption of the world."
James Foley
R
"Complexity is not your enemy; oversimplification is."
Rachel Maddow
R
"Your skepticism should be applied equally to what you want to believe as to what you don't."
Rachel Maddow
"Philosophy asks the questions we need to answer."
Anderson Cooper
"Philosophy questions; science answers; wisdom knows the difference."
Anderson Cooper
F
"Nationalism can inspire, but it can also blind us to our common humanity."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"Culture matters more than most economists want to admit."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"The conversation we have with ourselves determines the conversation we have with the world."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"The most dangerous people are those who believe they alone have the truth."
Fareed Zakaria
R
"What we choose to believe reveals what we choose to see."
Rachel Maddow
R
"Doubt is a sign of intellectual honesty, not weakness."
Rachel Maddow
R
"The narrative we accept shapes the world we live in."
Rachel Maddow
J
"To be alive is to be responsible for the truths we witness."
James Foley
J
"We are most human when we choose compassion over judgment."
James Foley
J
"The path of integrity may be lonely, but it is never empty."
James Foley
L
"I've spent my life trying to understand people, not judge them."
Larry King
L
"The value of a person is not in what they have, but who they are."
Larry King
L
"The most important question is: what do you want to be remembered for?"
Larry King
"Philosophy matters because it forces us to examine our assumptions and think deeply about why we believe what we believe."
Anderson Cooper
M
"To be a war correspondent is to constantly negotiate between your humanity and your profession."
Marie Colvin
M
"Every person in a conflict zone is both a victim and an agent of their own story."
Marie Colvin
M
"In journalism, as in life, presence is more powerful than commentary."
Marie Colvin
M
"A journalist learns that war's greatest tragedy is not the destruction of things, but of possibilities."
Marie Colvin
R
"Philosophy helps us ask better questions about how we should live."
Rachel Maddow
"Individual conscience must triumph over institutional pressure."
Julian Assange