#phil

The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#crime rate #development #era #golden #had

My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever. ↗

— James Marsters

#hard #know #much #opportunities #pass

Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#bring #claim #design #felt #follows

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#because #children #fell #got #had

Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia. ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#cheesecake #commissioned #company #get #had

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#already #nothing #philosopher #said #some

Design is not for philosophy it's for life. ↗

— Issey Miyake

#life #philosophy

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. ↗

— John Gunther

#driving #equivalent #putting #suddenly #uphill

Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine. ↗

— Kenneth More

#his #life #mine #philosophy #whole

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#athlete #becoming #clear #depression #feel