#phil

For example, the philosophers who were interested in logic were probably rather logical for mathematicians. But the ASL got us together, so we could talk to each other and publish in the same journal. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#each #example #for example #got #interested

I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#arts #arts education #college #education #had

I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#about #because #belief #claim #going

I believe in Supreme Being, a Creator, whoever he may be, it's of no importance to me, who put us here on earth to do our duty as citizens and fathers; but I don't need to go to church and kiss silver platters and dig into my pocket to fatten up a lot of humbugs who eat better than you or I do! Because he can be worshiped just as well in a wood, a field, or even just gazing at the ethereal vault, like the ancients. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#religion #satire #religion

If I can't find a project that I'm really interested in, I'll just go back to college where I've been studying art history and French. I'm also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum! ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#art #art history #back #been #college

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#deterrence #nuclear #philosophy #present

Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#purpose-of-life #life

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#feel #quit #run #should #starts

When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#different thing #done #gabriel #hasn #him

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#believes #drops #every #governing #his