Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Brian Henson

And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something that at our company we're kind of, we're so irreverent about everything, we're sort of irreverent about the establishment, we're irreverent about civilization, we're irreverent about philosophy, we're irreverent about religion.

Jamie Sives

I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me.

Janis Ian

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Blaise Pascal

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Aristotle

Philosophy begins with wonder.

e. e. cummings

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more.

Alexander Pope

See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly!

Don McLean

Every pulse of your heartbeat is one liquid moment that flows through the veins of your being. Like a river of life flowing on since creation, approaching the sea with each new generation.

Edmund Burke

Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.

Albert Pike

Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.

Richard Cobden

Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.

Mark Skousen

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Chris Rock

You don't pay taxes; they take them from your check. That's not a payment - that's a 'jack.

Eric Hoffer

The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.

L. Neil Smith

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope.

P. J. O'Rourke

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

P. J. O'Rourke

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.