#phil

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#home #nonsense #others #philosophies #ride

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country. ↗

— Joe Biden

#aisle #country #friendship #got #hand

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#academe #academy #ancient #football #modern

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

No man is equal to his book. All the best products of his mental activity go into his book, where they come separated from the mass of inferior products with which they are mingled in his daily talk. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#hero #spencer #the-story-of-philosophy #equality

When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#consolation #different #different perspective #float #manage

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all. ↗

— John Bolton

#best #better #closer #government #look

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#nice #people #philippines

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard. ↗

— John Bolton

#government #hard #libertarian #maybe #philosophy

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#clear #complicated #good #good reason #many