Philosophers quotes
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“Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.”
“I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.”
- From the TV Series: The Good Place
“Once again, none of these philosophers is ever talking about masturbation.”
- From the TV Series: The Good Place
“It’s like, who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?”
- From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
“Although I've been a slave, I'm not acostumed to pain. Although a philosopher, I am weak.”
- From the movie: Good Luck Chuck
“I roll joints in pages from philosophers' books. It's like smoking their thoughts.”
- From the movie: History of the World, Part I
“- Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?
- Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.
- Dole Office Clerk: What?
- Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.” - From the movie: The Life of David Gale
“Socrates was ugly, Plato was fat, and, um, and Aristotle was a prissy dresser!”
- From the movie: Mindwalk
“- Jack Edwards: ...but to blame all this on a French philosopher who's been dead for 300 years, isn't that a little out of proportion? Maybe even a little eccentric?
- Sonia Hoffman: No. Not if I'm right.” - From the movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
“- Ted: Our first guest speaker comes from the year 400 BC, a time when most of the world looked like the cover of the Led Zeppelin album, Houses of the Holy.
- Bill: We were there. There were many steps and columns. It was most tranquil.
- Ted: He is sometimes known as the father of modern thought. He was the teacher of Plato, who was in turn...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: A Fish Called Wanda
Now let me correct you on a couple of things, Ok? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself". And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.
- From the movie: Kicking and Screaming
- From the movie: Must Love Dogs
“A philosopher as well as an artist. It is we who suffer most.”
- From the movie: The Day After Tomorrow
- From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
“- Max Dugan: Maybe I'm your father, but you're not my daughter. Do you know what Kierkegaard once said?
- Nora McPhee: Yes! And I'm not interested in any more of your roommates!” - From the movie: The Princess Bride
“- Vizzini: I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains.
- Westley: You're that smart?
- Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
- Westley: Yes.
- Vizzini: Morons.” - From the movie: A Little Romance
“Heidegger isn't all that hard. I mean, his stuff is mostly etymological. You know, like, why is there something rather than nothing at all.”
- From the movie: Two Hands
“If your going through some shit in your life chances are somebody else has gone through the same thing before ya. And they've written about it. Some poet or philosopher has been through the same type of crap, and they've written about it. And when you find that poem or piece of writing. You think bloody hell this bastard has just summed it all...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Real Genius
- Mitch Taylor: What are you doing?
- Chris Knight: Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said "... I drank what?".
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