Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. —George Eliot More about this quote Tags: pets Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Tags: pets Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are. —Tobias Wolff More about this quote Tags: persistence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: persistence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. —Isaac Asimov More about this quote Tags: persistence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. —Calvin Coolidge More about this quote Tags: persistence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: perseverance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. —Plutarch More about this quote Tags: cooperation violence overcoming perseverance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Victory belongs to the most persevering. —Napoleon Bonaparte More about this quote Tags: strength victory perseverance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. —Joseph Addison More about this quote Tags: hope success experience caution perseverance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email