Quotes by Philosophical Screwed-up people settle fights through violence. Screwed-up people start wars that could kill millions. Normal people settle fights through cookies, cakes, and pies. Normal people are fat. Christopher Titus philosophical philosophy war Passion, manners, and 80 ounces of beer will win the heart of any woman. And if it doesn't, you'll be too hammered to remember. Christopher Titus philosophical passion philosophy If at first you don't succeed, then drag racing isn't for you. Christopher Titus funny-work philosophical philosophy No problem is so big and difficult that it can't be blamed on somebody else. Christopher Titus philosophical problem philosophy God bless America. But God, please help Canada. Christopher Titus philosophical philosophy america Born free. Taxed to death. Christopher Titus philosophical born philosophy We are brought into this world cold, weak, and helpless. Then it gets worse. Christopher Titus philosophical philosophy world They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the time. The gap widened between the beauty, the seriousness of the work, and what it has become is beyond me. This level of marketing reduces to nothing the aesthetic and philosophical significance of this work. Christopher Tolkien philosophical book years The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away. Christopher Tolkien overwhelmed philosophical impact I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we just said, "Gru's Minions do this or do that" in the initial draft. And then, they came up with the characters' design and the philosophical concept of the Minions. And then, we started writing to that. We have to give a lot of credit to them. Cinco Paul philosophical writing character For only when I err do I get away from what I know and what I understand. If "truth" were what I can understand, it would end up being but a small truth, my-sized. Truth must reside precisely in what I shall never understand. Clarice Lispector get-away philosophical ends One good reason for the popularity of "reductionism" among the philosophical outposts of the Western Establishment is that it can be, and is, used as a device for trying to take the wind, so to speak, out of the sails of Marxism. . . . In essence reductionism is a kind of anti-Marxist caricature of Marxist determinism. It is what anti-Marxists pretend that Marxist determinism is. Claud Cockburn philosophical speaks-out wind Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal. Claude Levi-Strauss philosophical space civilization Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the dubious exhilaration of grand philosophical theory, in which messy reality is tamed and caged, but the thrill of seeing pretension punctured by a kind of high-voltage common sense (backed up by impressive erudition). . . . There is no one in philosophy quite like him. Colin McGinn philosophical writing philosophy Phenomenology is not a philosophy; it is a philosophical method, a tool. It is like an adjustable spanner that can be used for dismantling a refrigerator or a car, or used for hammering in nails, or even for knocking somebody out. Colin Wilson philosophical car philosophy He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. Confucius philosophical giving-up education Study the past, if you would divine the future. Confucius philosophical change time Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. Confucius philosophical courage inspirational The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. Confucius philosophical business life We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression. Confucius philosophical happiness sympathy «1112131415161718192021»