Quotes about phil
philip
There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.' Amy Bloom
philosophers-and-philosophy station themselves
The philosopher must station themselves in the middle. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
philosophy similar work
When you look at backgrounds, I think we've got very similar philosophies. That always makes it easier, too, if you know the person you're going to work for, you know what their philosophy is. Dom Capers
philosophy thinking class
In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is good because it's better than bad, though why it's better to be good than bad depends on how you define good, and on and on. Orson Scott Card
philosophical strange
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same Paul Simon
philosophical language preoccupation
It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. Robert Morgan
philosophy science scientific
We are challenging the philosophy of scientific materialism, not science itself,
philosophy support borders
I emphatically do not assert the general 'truth' of this philosophy of punctuational change. Any attempt to support the exclusive validity of such a grandiose notion would border on the nonsensical. Stephen Jay Gould
philosophical people liberty
If you defend a behavior by arguing that people are programmed directly for it, then how do you continue to defend it if your speculation is wrong, for the behavior then becomes unnatural and worthy of condemnation. Better to stick resolutely to a philosophical position on human liberty: what free adults do with each other in their own private lives is their business alone. It need not be vindicated and must not be condemned by genetic speculation.
philosophical who-i-am
Who is it that can tell me who I am? William Shakespeare
philosophical venice world
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!
philosophy order medicine
Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see. Henry Adams
philosophical men cruelty
Tis a cruelty to load a fallen man.
philosophical men pieces
What a piece of work is a man
philosophical opportunity men
There is a tide in the affairs of men
philosophical patient ministers
The patient must minister to himself
philosophical light seeking
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile
philosophical
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
philosophy stop
Our philosophy was to not let her get the ball, and we did. If she got the ball, we didn't want to let her get it off, and we did. We had no one who could stop her.
philosophy butterfly wish
Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
philosophy answers may
A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy. B. F. Skinner
philly realistic
We need some pop. Going into Philly (tomorrow) ... we want him to get some realistic work. Tom Renney
philosophy eye love-freedom
This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom. Bidzina Ivanishvili
philosophy believe men
...as I reject the old time beliefs, it is not a matter of countering belief with belief, rather I can challenge the efficacy of old beliefs with sound arguments. We believe in nature and that human progress depends on the domination of man over nature. There is no conscious power behind it. This is our philosophy. Bhagat Singh
philosophy had-enough pleasure
We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good. C. S. Lewis
philosophy feelings given
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.
philosophy mean doe
Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not verify any theological or metaphysical proposition (or not in the manner we are now considering); she will help to show what it means.
philosophy kind learning-experience
What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.
philosophical heaven religion
No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'.
philosophy views stones
I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon. Cecelia Ahern
philosophy reflection study
I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter. Antoni Tapies
philosophy raw-materials technique
The philosophies that have been inspired by scientific technique are power philosophies, and tend to regard everything non-human as mere raw material. Ends are no longer considered; only the skillfulness of the process is valued. This also is a form of madness. It is, in our day, the most dangerous form, and the one against which a sane philosophy should provide an antidote Bertrand Russell
philosophy practice single teams
My philosophy defensively is to try to take teams out of what they practice every single day. Billy Donovan