Quotes tagged ‘Philosophy’

“Well, you know my philosophy when it comes to cats, babies, and apologies, Coach. You gotta let 'em come to you.”

— Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, imdb.com

“We are so used to just cutting through legions of bad guys in video games that we’re stunned when a game bothers to show us the other side.”

— Paul Tassi, forbes.com

“That individual philosophical concepts are not anything capricious or autonomously evolving, but grow up in connection and relationship with each other; that, however suddenly and arbitrarily they seem to appear in the history of thought, they nevertheless belong just as much to a system as all the…”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, thenietzschechannel.com

“It is worth studying philosophical systems in order to dismiss them.”

— Czeslaw Milosz, amazon.com

“The political is a tiny fraction of the world, and what I’m doing isn’t political: it’s psychological, or philosophical, or theological. The political element is peripheral.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“If you make a good marriage, God bless you. If you make a bad marriage, become a philosopher.”

— Joni Mitchell, youtube.com

“Events, real events, will not even have time to take place. Everything will be preceded by its virtual realization.”

— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.com

“The deeper dating philosophy doesn’t require you to be serious about finding “the one.” In fact, it encourages you to take the future out of the equation entirely, treating each date as a full relationship in and of itself. This means that rather than reserving true intimacy for later down the line,…”

— Jackie Homan, manrepeller.com

“Don't be obsessed with your desires Danny. The Zen philosopher, Basho, once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish.' He was a funny guy.”

— Douglas Kenney, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Ty Webb, Chevy Chase, imdb.com

“I learned a lot down in Mexico. I learned that sometimes to be the man, you gotta beat the man. I learned the grass is not always greener. I learned that adversity's sweet milk. That's philosophy, April.”

— David Gordon Green, Kenny Powers, Danny McBride, imdb.com

“Nietzsche was right. 'We come into this world alone and we go out of it alone.' Perhaps that explains why we spend our time here on earth so infuriatingly dependent on others.”

— Constance M. Burge, Mary Shannon, Mary McCormack, imdb.com

“One of the great lessons of time travel is that many things cannot be changed. Time wants to happen.”

— Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Rip Hunter, Arthur Darvill, imdb.com

“What’s the point of stopping Savage if we only become as immoral as he is in the process?”

— Marc Guggenheim, Ray Utarnachitt, Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm, Victor Garber, imdb.com

“Mandy Baxter: Hey, you guys, check this out. Cogito ergo sum. I think therefor I am. Mike Baxter: René Descartes. Mandy Baxter: She was awesome. We learned about her in Philosophy, today. She was French so I don't really know why she was speaking Italian. Mike Baxter: Uh, money well spent. Mandy Bax…”

— Kevin Hench, Mandy Baxter, Molly Ephraim, imdb.com

“Go into a room too fast, kid… The room eats you.”

— Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Detective Josephus Miller, Thomas Jane, imdb.com

“Simon Stern: What's your secret? No details, just your philosophy. James 'Ghost' St. Patrick: There is no secret, just me. Simon Stern: I don't follow. James 'Ghost' St. Patrick: Well, I'm a black man from the hood. Most of the guys I came up with are either dead or in jail. I live in the penthouse…”

— Vladimir Cvetko, James 'Ghost' St. Patrick, Omari Hardwick, imdb.com

“Book: Whatever horror he witnessed, whatever acts of barbarism it was done by men, nothing more. Jayne: Reaver's ain't men. Book: Of course they are. Too long removed from civilization perhaps, but men. And, I believe there's a power greater than men. A power that heals. Mal: Reavers might take issu…”

— Tim Minear, Joss Whedon, Jayne Cobb, Adam Baldwin, imdb.com

“I'm an ordinary man, Jack, meat and potatoes, I live in the real world. I'm not a big believer in magic. But this place is different. It's special. The others don't want to talk about it because it scares them. But we all know it. We all feel it. Is your white rabbit a hallucination? Probably. But w…”

— Christian Taylor, John Locke, Terry O'Quinn, imdb.com

“Worry is preposterous; we don't know enough to worry.”

— Wei Boyang, vice.com

“Michael: So, Chidi, just wanted to double check. How do ethical philosophers feel about murder? Chidi: It's frowned upon. Michael: Okay. What if the reason you want to murder someone is to make your life easier? That's okay, right?”

— Cord Jefferson, Michael, Ted Danson, imdb.com