Quotes About Philosophy

The zipper displaces the button, and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and this a melancholy hour.

Un hombre de la Tierra piensa: «En ese cuadro no hay realmente color. Un físico puede probar que el color es sólo una forma de la materia, un reflejo de la luz, no la realidad misma». Un marciano, mucho más inteligente, diría: «Este cuadro es hermoso. Nació de la mano y la mente de un hombre inspirado. El tema y los colores vienen de la vida. Es una cosa buena».

cram them full of [b]non-combustible[/b] data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. [br] then they'll [b]feel they're thinking[/b], they'll get a [i]sense[/i] of motion without moving. [...] [br] don't give them any [b]slippery[/b] stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. that way lies [b]melancholy[/b].

cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. then they'll feel they're thinking , they'll get a sense of motion without moving. [...] don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. that way lies melancholy .

It is good to renew one's wonder," said the philosopher. "Space travel has again made children of us all.

If some people didn't have something juicy to chew on, their choppers would prolapse, their souls with them.

You ask Why to a lot of things are you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it.

The minute you get a religion you stop thinking, he said. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Quién es usted para discutir lo que pasa? Aquí estamos. ¿Qué es la vida, de todos modos? ¿Quién decide por qué, para qué o dónde? Sólo sabemos que estamos aquí, vivos otra vez, y no hacemos preguntas.

We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dike. Hold steady. Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world. We depend on you. I don't think you realize how important you are, we are, to our happy world as it stands now.

I don't talk about things, sir,' said Faber. 'I talk about the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.

Now, look, since when did you think being good meant being happy?" "Since always." "Since now learn otherwise.

Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

Sit down, Montag. Watch. Delicately, like the petals of a flower. Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful, eh? Light the third page, from the second and so on, chain-smoking, chapter by chapter, all the silly things the words mean, all the false promises, all the secondhand notions and time-worn philosophies.

Ma vaatan harva televisioonisaateid, käin harva võidusõitudel ja lõbustusparkides. Küllap mul seepärast ongi aega narre mõtteid mõlgutada.

No les des ninguna materia delicada como filosofía o sociología para que empiecen a atar cabos. Por ese camino se llega a la melancolía.

Ä°nsanlar neden insanlara ac? vermek istiyor? Dünyada yeterince ac? yokmuÅŸ gibi, illa insanlar? öyle ÅŸeylerle rahats?z edeceksiniz!

Cram them [the people] full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

I don't talk things, sir," said Faber. "I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.

at base, science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.

Saben todos en el mundo...que están vivos?

Ne laissons pas le torrent de la mélancolie et de la philosophie débilitante noyer notre monde.

I rarely watch the 'parlor walls' or go to races or Fun parks. So I've lots of time for crazy thoughts, I guess.

She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead.