Philosopher Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (P) Quotes

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke`s philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

- Robert Trout

Epictetus was a peasant child born about 50 A.D. who grew up to be a well-known Stoic philosopher, ... In modern buzz-word speak, he was the inventor of `What people think of me is none of my business.` So I got really hooked on him.

- Rodney Crowell

I don`t know what I`ll do. I always thought it might be neat to be a philosopher... (about what he`ll do in the future; 1991)

- Charlie Korsmo

I can read...except for a very big word we sometimes have. Like the word philosopher. Do you know what a philosopher is? Well...it`s a man that thinks a lot, but doesn`t do anything much about it.

- Anissa Jones

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

- Giacomo Casanova

Every man who is not a monster, mathematician or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.

- George Eliot

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

- Lion Feuchtwanger

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

- Abdi Abdirahman

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

- Adnan Dulaimi

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

- Agnes Mattox

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

- Alan Curry

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

- Alan Oster

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn`t hurt anybody`s feelings?

- Alan Vituli

Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that`s what Washington was.

- Albert Arena

The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

- Alejandro Moreno

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

- Alex Garwood

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

- Alex Garwood

If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.

- Alex Sink

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic.

- Alexei Makarkin

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

- Allen Hirsch

To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

- Allen Hirsch

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

- Alvina Tan

There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.

- Alvina Tan

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

- Alvina Tan

Well, I don`t know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I`m no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much.

- Andre Dreicon

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

- Andrew DiDonato

I am not a philosopher who is trying to make a system of thought. I am a mystic who is trying to convey the mysteries that have become available to me. I will confuse you.

- Anne Javouhey

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

- Albert Einstein

This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

- Bertrand Russell

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you`ll be happy; if not, you`ll become a philosopher.

- Socrates

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

- Bill Lovejoy