Philosophy Quotes

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

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"To understand a character, one must first understand oneself."
Alec Guinness
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"A truly cultivated mind is open to contradiction and comfortable with uncertainty."
Alec Guinness
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"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom and growth."
Alec Guinness
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"I believe that consciousness is humanity's greatest gift and greatest burden."
Alec Guinness
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"Philosophy asks the questions we most need to answer."
Gregory Peck
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"If a man's got to have a code, an ethic, he should live by it."
Clint Eastwood
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"Poverty is relative."
Clint Eastwood
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including ourselves."
Sean Connery
"The greatest journey is the journey within."
Richard Burton
"I believe in living simply so that others can simply live."
Richard Burton
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"I think you should judge yourself on whether you're making people's lives better."
Michael Caine
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"I think the key to a good life is balance and knowing what's important."
Michael Caine
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"Every scene is an opportunity to explore human nature."
Alec Guinness
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"Every character I played became a mirror to my own soul."
Alec Guinness
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"The measure of a man is not his wealth, but his character."
Sean Connery
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"If you think it's going to rain, it will."
Clint Eastwood
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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Clint Eastwood
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"There's a lot of negative energy between me and the world."
Clint Eastwood
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, even ourselves."
Sophia Loren
"Philosophy begins with a question and ends with more questions."
Roger Moore
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, even philosophy."
Roger Moore
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"Philosophy teaches us to ask the right questions. The answers matter less than the quality of the inquiry."
Gregory Peck
"I play a lot of characters who are violent."
Richard Burton
"I'm not a politician; I'm a poet."
Richard Burton
"I am a man of many contradictions."
Richard Burton
"I have always been drawn to the darker aspects of human nature."
Richard Burton
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"The world is what we make of it."
Mary Pickford
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"There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing choices."
Brigitte Bardot
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"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence."
Brigitte Bardot
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"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Brigitte Bardot