Quotes About Philosophy

Art to me means lot of things - images and words. I may be no artist myself, but I recognise the pleasure you get from a new proverb or a new painting. It puts you in a particular frame of mind. Visually I like art, philosophically I like art.

The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life. The reason to be an atheist is simply that there is no God and we would prefer to live in full recognition of that, accepting the consequences, even if it makes us less happy.

I have to recognize that I am agnostic.

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it.

Andy Clark has several books you can find on Amazon, including 'Natural Born Cyborgs' and 'Being There.' I particularly recommend 'Being There' to anybody who still thinks the Cartesian separation of mind and body should be taken seriously.

For the record, I believe in God, but I do not believe in religion, period.

Unless you're at a club long enough that can develop a philosophy of playing and recruiting players that fit that way of playing, then you have got to be adaptable.

I ain't a Communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.

I don't think the philosophy really changes between men and women. I think golf courses need to become more distance-friendly overall. I think golf courses almost need to develop a more generic set of tees instead of calling them black, blue, red or whatever.

I believe that body and spirit are not really separate, though it often seems that way. I believe that redemption is never impossible and always equivocal. But I guess that I just don't know.

Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing.

I'm a level guy, so everything happens for a reason.

I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

What I was really saying in 'The Examined Life' was that I was no longer as hardcore a libertarian as I had been before.