Quotes by Philosophical Only one time in my career I had that feeling [that this is not gonna get made], it was for this movie [Life of Pi]. It was right before we started the physical pre-production. I pre-visualized the whole ocean part before we made the movie, I was that prepared. At one point they seemed to want to drop it because it was really risky. The budget we proposed was a lot higher than they expected, they wanted to [drop it]. After all, it's a philosophical book and a literature property, it's not Batman. Ang Lee philosophical ocean book If sculpture can really deal with the body, because we all inhabit ourselves, and if sculpture can really do that, which it is supposed to be able to do, and through it ask questions, philosophical questions, about being, I think these are all things we work on, all of us in our different ways, so perhaps somewhere in there, there are moments where dumb objects can speak. Anish Kapoor philosophical dumb thinking Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. Anita Brookner philosophical hero god Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster. Ann Coulter philosophical swings birthday Humility is the daughter of truth. Anne Truitt philosophical daughter humility The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics. Annie Besant philosophical yoga inspiration A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows. Annie Besant philosophical shadow giving Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of colonising the future. The more or less constant, profound and rapid momentum of change characteristic of modern institutions, coupled with structured reflexivity, mean that on the level of everyday practice as well as philosophical [Seitenwechsel] interpretation, nothing can be taken for granted. What is acceptable/appropriate/recommended behaviour today may be seen differently tomorrow in the light of altered circumstances or incoming knowledge-claims. Anthony Giddens philosophical taken mean I still lack a political, religious and philosophical world view - I change it every month - and so I'll have to limit myself to descriptions of how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die, and how they speak. Anton Chekhov philosophical religious love Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation. Anton Chekhov philosophical tea conversation My activities have never had anything to do with the idea of becoming famous or achieving success. I have always been concerned with getting people to listen to me. In everything I do ... my aim is to make people listen. I want to communicate the things that I love and in which I believe, because I think that people can derive a general benefit from them. What I really want is success in a philosophical sense: I want people to grasp something of the ideas and hopes which I express in painting. Antoni Tapies philosophical believe thinking Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that have entered into common circulation. 'Common sense' is the folklore of philosophy and always stands midway between folklore proper (folklore as it is normally understood) and the philosophy, science, and economics of the scientists. Common sense creates the folklore of the future, a relatively rigidified phase of popular knowledge in a given time and place. Antonio Gramsci common-sense philosophical philosophy Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves. Antonio Machado denial philosophical deny Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. Antonio Porchia philosophical use philosophy When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller. Antonio Porchia chains-that-bind philosophical philosophy You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you. Antonio Porchia philosophical Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed? Antonio Porchia philosophical found philosophy Science spotlights three dimensions of nature that point to God. The first is the fact that nature obeys laws. The second is the dimension of life, of intelligently organized and purpose-driven beings, which arose from matter. The third is the very existence of nature. But it is not science alone that has guided me. I have also been helped by a renewed study of the classical philosophical arguments. Antony Flew philosophical three law Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle philosophical democracy historical The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Aristotle egalitarianism equality philosophical «1234567891011»