Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophy questions assumptions we take for granted."
PJ Harvey
"In the pursuit of greatness, never lose sight of your humanity."
Nat King Cole
"Philosophy guides our choices."
Josephine Baker
"Philosophy questions everything."
Josephine Baker
E
"Philosophy questions; wisdom answers."
Enrico Caruso
E
"Philosophy examines life; living answers it."
Enrico Caruso
F
"My way isn't the right way for everyone, it's just my way."
Frank Sinatra
F
"Philosophy is asking the questions nobody else is brave enough to ask."
Frank Sinatra
D
"You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts"
Dean Martin
D
"An unexamined life is not worth living"
Dean Martin
"To be human is to be imperfect, and perfection lies in accepting this truth."
Edith Piaf
E
"I learned philosophy not from books, but from the lives of the characters I portrayed."
Enrico Caruso
"Philosophy helps us understand the meaning of life."
Judy Garland
"Philosophy helps us live meaningfully."
Judy Garland
D
"Youth is wasted on the young, and wisdom on the old."
Dean Martin
F
"I'm an eighteenth-century man who happens to live in the twentieth century."
Frank Sinatra
F
"The world is a stage, and all of us are merely players."
Frank Sinatra
E
"In music, as in life, it is the imperfections that often create the most lasting beauty."
Enrico Caruso
"I have walked through many cities and found them all the same in spirit."
Josephine Baker
"I believe that we are all connected in some way."
Judy Garland
"The world is a stage, and we are all players in it."
Judy Garland
P
"Opera speaks to the eternal in us."
Placido Domingo
"Philosophy taught me that questions are sometimes more valuable than answers."
Josephine Baker
"Philosophy means nothing if it doesn't help you endure the night."
Edith Piaf
L
"Philosophy helps us understand existence."
Luciano Pavarotti
L
"Philosophy questions what we believe."
Luciano Pavarotti
E
"Philosophy teaches us that art is the highest expression of human consciousness."
Enrico Caruso
E
"Philosophy asks why; art answers without words."
Enrico Caruso
"Philosophy showed me that every action carries weight and consequence in the world."
Josephine Baker
P
"The philosophy of performance teaches us that we are conduits, not creators"
Placido Domingo