Famous Quotes & Sayings

Albert Schweitzer

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.

Democritus

The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures

Denis Diderot

The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations...He does not confuse truth with plausibility...he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable...The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy.

Eleanor Roosevelt

it is harder to be philosophical when you are young.

Edward Zwick

However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic.

Jonathan Ive

I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.

Ludwig von Mises

Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism.

Aberjhani

There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.

William Shakespeare

There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

Charles Peguy

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

Elbert Hubbard

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Ludwig von Mises

Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully induced alteration an exchange.

Al Seckel

It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs.

Calvin Coolidge

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Clint Eastwood

I would like to be interpreted as a liberal libertarian, like leave everybody alone and let them do their own thing.

Clint Eastwood

Libertarian: everyone leaves everyone else alone

Democritus

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

David Daniels

The Great Chief also honours modesy.

Bobby Flay

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

Ashwin Sanghi

Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?

Christopher Paolini

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

Eminem

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

Jenny Eclair

I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.

Sean Astin

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

Oscar Wilde

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.