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philosophy progressive-taxation class
The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped. What the advocates of these tax rates fail to realize is that the greater part of the incomes taxed away would not have been consumed but saved and invested. Ludwig von Mises
philosophy finals causes
A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion. Charles Peguy
philosophy great-philosophy reproach
A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.
philosophy passion doe
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does. Denis Diderot
philosophy science firsts
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
philosophy firsts steps
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
philosophy fanaticism
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
philosophy firsts steps
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
philosophy teaching class
They didn't teach Nietzsche in the philosophy department at Harvard; philosophy there was strictly analytical stuff and the poetic ramblings of Nietzsche did not belong. And see - you are teaching it in a literature class - so they must have been right. Dean Wareham
flower home animal
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be quite certain that it is necessary. I must never go beyond the unavoidable, not even in apparently insignificant things. The farmer who has mowed down a thousand flowers in his meadow in order to feed his cows must be careful on his way home not to strike the head off a single flower by the side of the road in idle amusement, for he thereby infringes on the law of life without being under the pressure of necessity. Albert Schweitzer
flowers people provide reasons
Self-sown flowers provide a lot of serendipity, which is one of the reasons people garden. When they come up, it's a delight. Renee Shepherd
flower garden roots
John Bunyan, while he had a surpassing genius, would not condescend to cull his language from the garden of flowers; but he went into the hayfield and the meadow, and plucked up his language by the roots, and spoke out in the words that the people used in their cottages. Charles Spurgeon
flower evil needs
Evil things are easy things: for they are natural to our fallen nature. Right things are rare flowers that need cultivation.
flower rain wind
The flowers are ravined by bees, the fruit blossoms are thrown to the ground, the wind the rain forces everything. Charles Olson
flower mean effort
The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress. Elbert Hubbard
flower water tree
At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants... Egon Schiele
flower sunshine grandchildren
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! Edward Abbey
flower feet roots
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot. Ben Jonson
squirrels yards way
The squirrel in my yard really knows his way around the neighborhood. Bob Saget
squirrels perspective bird
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces. Bertolt Brecht
squirrels looks uptight
To make a squirrel look less uptight, put tiny sunglasses on it. Demetri Martin
squirrels car tennis
I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket. Anthony Jeselnik
squirrels easy intellect
It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect. Dylan Moran
squirrels needs wake-up
I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers. Andre Leon Talley
squirrels air delicacy
A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. George Eliot
squirrels turds nutty
that's as nutty as squirrel turds P. C. Cast
squirrels turds
Neferet, you're nuttier than squirrel turds.