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philosophy priorities substance
Philosophy is the science of estimating values. The superiority of any state or substance over another is determined by philosophy. By assigning a position of primary importance to what remains when all that is secondary has been removed, philosophy thus becomes the true index of priority or emphasis in the realm of speculative thought. Manly Hall
philosophy writing people
I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I've always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people's minds work. Lara Pulver
philosophy nice makeup
Well, I always tried to look nice and be feminine even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add to everyone's misery by looking miserable yourself. That's my philosophy. This is why I always wore makeup and jewelry into the jungle-nothing too extravagant, but maybe just a nice gold bracelet and some earrings, a little lipstick, good perfume. Just enough to show that I still had my self-respect. Elizabeth Gilbert
philosophy want giving-back
Be the change that you want to see Mahatma Gandhi
philosophy thinking long
You can imagine over very long timescales, perhaps far beyond the multi-decade time scale, we might be able to ask very deep questions about why we feel the way we feel about things, or why we think of ourselves in certain ways - questions that have been in the realm of psychology and philosophy but have been very difficult to get a firm mechanistic laws-of-physics grasp on. Edward Boyden
philosophy way greek-philosophy
The way up and the way down are one and the same. Heraclitus
philosophy golf romance
Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation. Grantland Rice
philosophy simple men
When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and capacities; and in the morality of it now, with divine authority, established into a legible law, so far surpassing all that philosophy and human reason had attained to, or could possibly make effectual to all degrees of man kind; I was flattered to think it might be of some use in the world. John Locke
philosophy real government
The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands. John L. Lewis
philosophical mean reality
If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications. Lawrence M. Krauss
philosophical writing thoughtful
Most thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and synthesized with their antipodes. Thus many philosophical writings become very interesting which would not have been so otherwise. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
philosophical truth-is break
Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them. Karl Kraus
philosophical philosophical-questions answers
Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers. Paul Tillich
philosophical perception stuff
I figured out some basic stuff: that form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object, whether or not it is intended to. Jonathan Ive
philosophical apples design
Apple's Jony Ive describes his "fanatical" approach to design in new interview
philosophical history world
World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
philosophical fall wings
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
philosophical animal vegetarianism
It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage
government firsts students
At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it. Calvin Coolidge
government air law
There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself. Daniel Inouye
government television monopoly
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. David Attenborough
government law political
A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property. Daniel Webster
government needs not-afraid
I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know. Ann Richards
government firsts first-amendment
The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. Robert Bork
government alternatives failing
The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias, but because the alternative to that freedom is worse than those failings.
government law leader
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power. Thomas More
government evil necessary-evil
Government is a necessary evil Thomas Paine