Quotes by Philosophy I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy. Al Sharpton biographies philosophy people In my view, only those who have had the courage to work through Lacan's anti-philosophy without faltering deserve to be called 'contemporary philosophers'. Alain Badiou philosopher views philosophy In their different ways, art and philosophy help us, in Schopenhauer's words, to turn pain into knowledge. Alain de Botton pain philosophy art The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that. Alain de Botton sadness writing philosophy It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do. Alain de Botton sound philosophy book Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to institute new kinds of hierarchies based on sets of values unrecognised by, and critical of, those of the majority.. They have provided us with persuasive and consoling reminders that there is more than one way of succeeding in life. Alain de Botton majority philosophy art Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval. Alain de Botton hysterical able philosophy I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy - and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that's true, there's no such thing as a past or a future - it's all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future. Alan Arkin philosophy believe past And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin. Alan Ball buddhism growing-up philosophy ... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy. Alan Bennett philosophy book way Don't try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness. Alan Cohen medicine trying philosophy There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics. Alan Dean Foster band philosophy art Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs. Alan Greenspan political jobs philosophy Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country. Alan Greenspan political philosophy country I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. Alan Hansen football philosophy thinking Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angelsbut alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth. Alan Judd dream philosophy art Too much philosophy makes men mad. Alan Judd mad men philosophy It's the Platonic philosophy in The Republic that philosophers should lead the country. Alan Lightman republic philosophy country With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology. Alan Lightman ethical-questions borders philosophy Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust. Alan Moore dark philosophy sex «1234567891011»