Philosophical Inquiry Quotes

#1. In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.

Charles Baudelaire

#2. I've always hated the "Who are you?" question. This is a philosophical inquiry. Answering that question is why we're on earth. You can't answer it in thirty seconds or in an elevator.

Sandy Nathan

#3. and most profoundly personal philosophical inquiry that we can undertake. It is the question that defines us as human beings. The novel begins precisely at noon on July 20,

Thornton Wilder

#4. Living longer is about loving longer, learning longer, teaching longer, connecting longer, if we figure out the supports and infrastructure to make all of that possible - and it is completely within reach.

Ai-jen Poo

#5. They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't we just put all the contestants on Jeopardy! and pick Miss America that way? At least you get the smartest one.

Jay Leno

#6. Why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

Mark Haddon

#7. It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world.

Jostein Gaarder

#8. Wittgenstein imagined that the philosopher was like a therapist whose task was to put problems finally to rest, and to cure us ofbeing bewitched by them. So we are told to stop, to shut off lines of inquiry, not to find things puzzling nor to seek explanations. This is intellectual suicide.

Simon Blackburn

#9. We are members of a strange species that devotes its energies to climbing the ladder of success in order to make money to buy things we don't like.

Laurence J. Peter

#10. To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

E. O. Wilson

#11. For we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use

Aristotle.

#12. In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision.

Barbara Boxer

#13. When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.

Lemony Snicket

#14. The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble.

Chip Conley

#15. Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers.

Ozzie Zehner

#16. We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge.

Tariq Ramadan

#17. You will not be able to tell that they are capable of greatness until you provide them with a packed house, a 3-and-2 count and the game is on the line.

Mario Cuomo

#18. August 2, 1914: Germany has declared war on Russia. Went swimming in the afternoon.

Franz Kafka

#19. The future looks like gasoline ... crude oil ... is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening.

Chris Cleave

#20. Fake it until you make it.

J.M. Darhower

#21. Liberal education intertwines the philosophical and rhetorical so that we learn how to learn, so that we continue both inquiry and cultural participation throughout our lives because learning has become part of who we are.

Michael S. Roth

#22. The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles.

B.K.S. Iyengar

#23. To deny the existence of a God and more specifically the Creator God of Christianity is not based upon a philosophical issue, but rather a moral one.

R. Alan Woods

#24. I've been astounded to discover how good to their teams and crew that Marvel are. They're so collaborative, so smart with their stories. They have rich, dynamic characters which are so much fun to play.

Evangeline Lilly