Quotes about phil
philosophy gold
Are you under the power of gold? Dan Fogelberg
philosophy mystery deceased
Mystery's a thing not easily captured, and once deceased, not easily exhumed.
philosophical white black
In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example that white is black and black is white; that one can be and not be at the same time; that there can be hills without valleys; that nothingness is something and that everything, which is, is not. But take note that he proves all these unheard-of paradoxes without any fallacious or sophistical reasoning. Cyrano de Bergerac
philosophy silly illustration
When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well (perhaps indispensably) as a rhetorical device. Such cases do not function as speculations in the pejorative sense - as silly stories that provide insight into complex mechanisms - but rather as idealized illustrations to exemplify a difficult point of theory. (Other fields, like philosophy and the law, use such conjectural cases as a standard device. Stephen Jay Gould
philosophy practical
To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life. William Osler
philosophy principles individualism
The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism. Ludwig von Mises
philosophy thinking government
The unprecedented success of Keynesianism is due to the fact that it provides an apparent justification for the 'deficit spending' policies of contemporary governments. It is the pseudo-philosophy of those who can think of nothing else than to dissipate the capital accumulated by previous generations.
philosophy forever santa
An essential point in the social philosophy of interventionism is the existence of an inexhaustible fund which can be squeezed forever. The whole system of interventionism collapses when the fountain is drained off: The Santa Clause principle liquidates itself.
philosophy liberty cooperation
The philosophy commonly called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.
philosophy animal psychology
Behaviorism proposes to study human behavior according to the methods developed by animal and infant psychology. It seeks to investigate reflexes and instincts, automatisms and unconscious reactions. But it has told us nothing about the reflexes that have built cathedrals, railroads, and fortresses, the instincts that have produced philosophies, poems, and legal systems, the automatisms that have resulted in the growth and decline of empires, the unconscious reactions that are splitting atoms.
philosophy men civilization
Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and of man's human existence.
philosophical hands ideas
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.
philosophy inspiration rich-poor
The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left. Robert Kiyosaki
philosophy literature mythology
The disinterested imaginative core of mythology is what develops into literature, science, philosophy. Religion is applied mythology. Northrop Frye
philosophy real support
Building on the public's unwillingness to act on principle in support of market solutions to apparent problems, whether real or imagined, these interest groups secure arbitrary restrictions on voluntary exchanges and, in the process, secure rents for their members while reducing both the liberties and economic well being of other members of the economic nexus, both domestically and internationally. James Buchanan
phil savage
Phil Savage has not been fired, and Phil Savage is not going to be fired. Randy Lerner
philosophy sex
Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex Karl Marx
philosophers-and-philosophy philosophy plato received regard
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
philly supportive towns
Philly has always been one of our favorite towns to play in, and the fans have been very loyal and very supportive over the years. Chris Squire
philosophy real philosophical
The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events. E. F. Schumacher
philosophical dental-work endurance
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently William Shakespeare
philosophy practice single teams
My philosophy defensively is to try to take teams out of what they practice every single day. Billy Donovan
philosophy
My philosophy is that politicians should be jumped on as often as possible.
philosophy self expression
Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the last word because it is quicker to see through self-deception than the mind. We may ignore or deride the messages of the body, but its rebellion demands to be heeded because its language is the authentic expression of our true selves and of the strength of our vitality. Alice Miller
philosophy moving sacrifice
Translation is a kind of transubstantiation; one poem becomes another. You can choose your philosophy of translation just as you choose how to live: the free adaptation that sacrifices detail to meaning, the strict crib that sacrifices meaning to exactitude. The poet moves from life to language, the translator moves from language to life; both, like the immigrant, try to identify the invisible, what's between the lines, the mysterious implications. Anne Michaels
philosophy father eye
So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and then I would bring home a report card with a B-plus on it, and my parents would look at the report card as if I'd flunked. "Uh, honey?" one of them would ask, looking perplexed. "Now, this isn't a criticism but, if you could get a B-plus in philosophy, how much harder would it have been to get an A-minus?" Anne Lamott
philosophy writing thinking
To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be a part of a solution, to understand a little about life and to pass this on.
philosophical animal thinking
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. Albert Schweitzer
philosophy thinking telling-the-truth
I do not have much liking for the too famous existential philosophy, and, to tell the truth, I think its conclusions false. Albert Camus
philosophy world today
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
philosophy novel
A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images.
philosophy ironic passionate
Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.
philosophical men obscurity
One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.