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Quotes about philosophy

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Amgela DavisWe always look up for leadership; we seldom look horizontally, we seldom look down.
AugustineAs flattering friends pervert, so reproachful enemies mostly correct.
- (from Confessions)
Bertrand RussellThe point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
- (The Philosophy of Logical Atomism)
Bertrand Russell
(1872 - 1970)
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
- (philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate)
Bumper stickerThat was Zen; this is Tao.
Charles M. Schulz
(1922 - 2000)
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
David Lucht
(8/25/1954 - )
Live hardy, eat lightly.
- (Artist)
Elie WieselEvery name has something immortal and eternal about it which defies time
- (from The Gates of the Forest)
Elie WieselIt is always dangerous to talk. A man says yes, a man says no, and finally he ends up saying almost anything to fill up the silence and stop the beating of his heart.
- (from The Gates of the Forest)
Flannery O'ConnorThe truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Fulton J. SheenMan blames fate for all other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole-in-one.
- (Catholic Bishop)
Gardner DickinsonThey say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is much more complicated than that.
- (Professional Golfer)
George OrwellThe only 'ism' that has ever been justifed is pessimism
Grantland RiceEighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.
H. L. MenckenSay what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
Harry VardonDon't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
Horace G. HutchinsonIf profanity had any influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played much better than it is.
Isaac Asimov
(1920 - 1992)
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
- (Scientist and writer)
Jack LemmonIf you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
- (Actor)
Jimmy DemaretGolf ans sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at either of them.
- (Professional Golfer)
Jimmy DemaretGolf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at either of them.
- (Professional Golfer)
La RochefoucauldWe only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
Lee TrevinoGolf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.
- (professional golfer)
Mark Twain
(1835 - 1910)
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
Paula DeenI don't take myself too seriously. I save that for things like death and divorce.
Paula DeenI don't take myself too seriously. I save that for things like death and divorce.
Pete DyeThe ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flag stick on top.
Piet Hein
(1905 - 1996)
Knowing what Thou knowest not Is in a sense Omniscience
- (poet and scientist)
Robert LyndIt is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
Sam SneadIf a lot of people gripped a knife and fork as poorly as they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
- (Professional Golfer)
Tommy BoltIf you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up.
- (Professional Golfer)
WannamakerOne may climb the highest mountain - one step at a time.
William WordsworthGolf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
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