Top 1200 Studying Philosophy Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy can be believed on Mondays, but cannot be believed on Tuesdays. You might as well say of a view of the cosmos that it was suitable to half-past three, but not suitable to half-past four. What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century.

I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died.

I like to sneak a game or two of 'Madden' somewhere in between studying and sleeping; it helps me unwind and get my mind off football for a little bit.

I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.

The title 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' comes from 'I Ching,' an ancient Chinese book that I was into in the '60s when I was studying different philosophies and religions.

Ada came from Lwów. She was a very good looking girl who was studying mathematics at the University of Geneva. For a few years I had an off-and-on romance with her.

Does this have anything to do with the unit we’re studying? Because I can’t find anything about desired characteristics of a mate anywhere in our text.

There was a huge period where I was filming and studying. But then we went into summer and it became easier. I did find combining the two difficult and I haven't figured out how to do it effortlessly just yet.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Philosophy bakes no bread

Leisure can be one of the Mothers of Philosophy.

I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.

Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?

My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.

Philosophy has degenerated into ideology.

I get scripts and think, 'There's not enough here to get my teeth stuck into.' That's a result of studying English, where you luxuriate in these big, lush novels.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Cooking is a philosophy; it's not a recipe.

My judicial philosophy is straightforward.

Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools.

It [preparing for a role] is just like studying for a test and making the test easy; it makes it a lot of fun, especially when people enjoy it.

Design is not for philosophy it's for life.

The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents an alternative view of both science and the world.

I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding and I've been doing it now for 30 years, so I have some credibility.

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

Pursuing the religious life today without using psychedelics drugs is like studying astronomy with the naked eye because that's how they did it in the first century A.D.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

My mom put me into a performing arts elementary school back in Cincinnati, so I started studying acting in school when I was seven.

Outside the EU, studying abroad will become the reserve of the wealthy. Inside the EU, it's an opportunity available to almost everyone.

Philosophy is everybody's business.

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.

I've been studying people - a homeless guy in Scotland, a blind accordion player in London - and they've inspired the lyrics I've been writing.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

Oxford is wonderful. I'm having a great time. We do go out, but I still try to spend most of my time studying in the library.

Philosophy is the highest music.

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

Philosophy begins with wonder.

All is well... That's my new philosophy.

Philosophy is the art of living.

Philosophy is the health of the mind.

What's my philosophy? In a word, integral.

I'd tell myself to not feel pressure about time, that every moment you invest on watching, exploring, studying and enjoying what you love to do, that all becomes part of becoming what you want to be.

I love studying asteroids because they are relatively simple, just rocks in space. They can be understood with physics and described with elegant equations. For the most part, they are serene celestial bodies.

We used to rehearse in unused lecture halls at Imperial and recorded our first album, 'Queen,' in 1971 while I was studying for my biology finals - it is amazing I passed.

Part of me wishes some of the more obsessive fans would spend a fraction of the time they spend studying the band.

A body in movement is its philosophy.

Philosophy is really homesickness.

The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years. I'd say it's the life experience combined with the lessons that enabled me to go much further.

Philosophy is the microscope of thought.

The best of humanity is philosophy.

Back when I was playing I enjoyed studying films, looking for new trends in the game and examining the new players who came along.

I first came to Jewish-Catholic relations in 1963, while studying for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.

Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy.

All I cared about was 'TRL.' I was studying communications at school, and one day before class, I heard about the 'Search For An Apprentice' program.

All work is an act of philosophy.