Quotes about phil
philosophy competition littles
Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us. Wayne Huizenga
philosophy knowing space
As a younger person, my philosophy was jump off a cliff. I realize now that there are stairs and elevators. I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. I can even ask for help! Not feeling that I have to know everything, and that’s where the growth comes in, in the not knowing. Tracee Ellis Ross
philosophy study
I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that. Van Morrison
philosophy existential psychiatry
[Jean-Paul ] Sartre was a throwback to the existential period. I'm not really so much into that these days. I went through a period of going over things and looking at them again to see what they were. But I'm into psychiatry type things. I'm into philosophy. I'm into that sort of thing. Van Morrison
philosophy sight sound
Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love. Van Morrison
philosophy simple greed
Love of the simple is all that I need, I've no time for schism or lovers of greed. Van Morrison
philosophy negativity needs
I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity. Van Morrison
philosophy doors waiting
I'm a dweller of the threshold and I'm waiting at the door, and I'm standing in the darkness, I don't want to wait no more. Van Morrison
philosophy deeds may
Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee. Van Morrison
philosophy teaching development
Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching. Trofim Lysenko
philosophy war book
We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy. William Graham Sumner
philosophy hate people
I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really needed. I don't complain when Kant does it. Or when Aristotle introduces all kinds of new words; he needed them. But these other people [modern philosophers] are just obfuscating. It just makes me annoyed. William H. Gass
philosophy men wisest-man
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. William Godwin
philosophy blow wind
Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps? William Golding
philosophy law analysis
I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law Wilfred Owen
philosophy thinking shoes
If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone. Waylon Jennings
philosophy men worst
I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best. Waylon Jennings
philosophy serenity philosopher
The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. W. Somerset Maugham
philosophical air matter
It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us. Yoko Ono
philosophy past dwelling
If you stop searching, you stop living, because then you're dwelling in the past. If you're not reaching forward to any growth or future, you might as well be dead. Wynn Bullock
philosophy practice smell
Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert. William Osler
philosophy believe political
Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the right to pick and choose the political philosophy he likes best, the right to associate with whomever he chooses, the right to join groups he prefers ... William O. Douglas
philosophy government ideas
But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government, the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas; that is the philosophy of the First Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most nations in the world. William O. Douglas
philanthropy recreation
The best recreation is to do good. William Penn
philosophy crowds mass
Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own. Zygmunt Bauman
philosophical emotional oil
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes. Zelda Fitzgerald
philosophy easy
It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy Zadie Smith
philosophy mean past
She had that thing most people don't have - curiosity. She might not have always got the right answers, but she wanted to ask the questions. It's very hard if you are interested in ideas and all that, ideas and the philosophies of the past, it's very hard to find someone around here to really talk to. That's the tragedy of the thing really I mean, when you think about it. Certainly I can't find anyone around here to talk to anymore. And for a woman it's even harder you see. They can feel very trapped - because of the patriarchy. I do feel everyone needs to have these little chats now and then. Zadie Smith