William James Quotes
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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My philosophy is to be me.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis – huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
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We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
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Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
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I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.
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I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that. There must be some kind of philosophical depth rendered into the language, something happening.
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My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
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There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.
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Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Sex is a discovery.
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
