Socrates Quotes
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.
Quotes to Explore
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
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It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
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And all for love, and nothing for reward.
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It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play.
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And the desire to own property, to take for ourselves things which in no way belong to us, does not stop short at the sun. The air is already bought and sold as a commodity, by health resorts. And what of water? Or waterpower? Why should the earth be parceled out into private hands? Is it any different from the sun? No; the earth belongs to the people who live on it. God intended it for them, but it has been taken over by private individuals. Privare means to steal. Thus private property is stolen property - property stolen from God and from humankind!
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I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail, I take it seriously and take along spares for everything. You have to be careful when you're 1,500 miles from land. There's no one you can call. You're on your own.
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Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.
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To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.
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We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.
