Ernest Gellner Quotes
Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.
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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!
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I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.
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I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
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Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.
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If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.
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You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.
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Love is the bridge that leads from the I sense to the We, and there is a paradox about personal love. Love of another individual opens a new relation between the personality and the world. The lover responds in a new way to nature and may even write poetry. Love is affirmation; it motivates the yes responses and the sense of wider communication. Love casts out fear, and in the security of this togetherness we find contentment, courage. We no longer fear the age-old haunting questions: "Who am I?" "Why am I?" "Where am I going?" - and having cast out fear, we can be honest and charitable.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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If you're frightened, you're out of luck.
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When things don't work well in the bedroom, they don't work well in the living room either.
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Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.
