Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anton Chekhov

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

Anton Chekhov

Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

Anton Chekhov

In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry.

Anton Chekhov

While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely dense person. But just begin a conversation with him about something inedible, politics or science, for instance, and he ends up in a deadend or starts in on such an obtuse and base philosophy that you can only wave your hand and leave.

Bela Lugosi

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

Baltasar Gracian

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Baltasar Gracian

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Austin Farrer

It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise is true, but the conclusion does not follow. For though argument does not create conviction, the lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Asa Gray

We have really, that I know of, no philosophical basis for high and low. Moreover, the vegetable kingdom does not culminate, as the animal kingdom does. It is not a kingdom, but a common-wealth; a democracy, and therefore puzzling and unaccountable from the former point of view.

Diane Ackerman

We live on the leash of our senses.

Diane Ackerman

Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now.

Desiderius Erasmus

If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.

Delphine Arnault

It's important to celebrate the monogram. It's the DNA of Vuitton. I think - I hope - there is an interest in the philosophy and culture of the Vuitton name. It's quite coherent and intellectual, and the products are great. These are things you will want to pass on - things you treasure.

Don Bluth

The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.

Djuna Barnes

Only the impossible lasts forever.

Abraham Lincoln

There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.

Alexandre Dumas

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

Albert Schweitzer

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.

Brian Eno

The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates 'more options' with 'greater freedom.'

Branch Rickey

I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.

Bootsy Collins

Happiness is a side effect of doing something that has nothing to do with it.

Bob Ehrlich

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

Bob Ehrlich

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

Bob Dylan

Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist.

Bob Dylan

Ain't it hard when you discover that, he wasn't really where it's at, after he took from you everything he could steal. How does it feel?

Bob Dylan

Good and bad, I define these terms, quite clear, no doubt, somehow.

Bob Dylan

The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify.

Bob Dylan

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.

Bob Dylan

The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived, when truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe.

Bob Dylan

Nothing is better, nothing is best, take heed of this and get plenty of rest.

Bob Dylan

Life is sad, life is a bust, all you can do is do what you must.

Bob Dylan

If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.

Bob Dylan

Crimson flames tied through my ears rolling high and mighty traps, pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps.