Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Kingsolver

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.

Baruch Spinoza

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Baruch Spinoza

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Ayelet Waldman

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Ayn Rand

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Ayn Rand

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Ayn Rand

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Edward Abbey

Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.

William Shakespeare

Nature her custom holds, Let shame say what it will.

Thomas S. Monson

True love can alter human lives and change human nature.

Sylvia Earle

Humans have always wondered the big questions, "Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?" It's part of human nature. It's perhaps the underpinnings of religion.

Mencius

Human nature is disposed to do good.

Anton Chekhov

What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create?

Andie MacDowell

The truth is that humans have the potential to be horrific. And I think being conscious of that is important.

Dalai Lama

I am just one human being.

Stephen Hawking

We explore because we are human.

Steven Morrissey

I am attracted to humans. But, of course...not many.

Ricky Williams

Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

Martin Luther

Your thoughts of God are too human

Markus Zusak

I am hunted by humans

Wayne Rooney

I'm only a human being.