Top 100 Quotes About My Philosophy
#1. I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.
Richard M. Daley
#2. Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.
John Kasich
#3. My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.
Forrest Griffin
#4. When I started out, some women comics were jealous of other women comics, thinking, "If she gets "The Tonight Show," I can't." My philosophy always was, "If she did, I can too."
Rosie O'Donnell
#5. My philosophy is the same as a Samurai: To hit without getting hit.
Lyoto Machida
#6. My dad - who was a tough guy, a Green Beret - always looked nice and wore these bright Sansabelt pants. He always said, "You have two options: You can be a follower or you can be a leader. And you don't ever want to follow anybody." And that's kind of become my philosophy about everything.
Bubba Watson
#7. For me, it all begins with faith; it begins with what matters most, and I try and put what I believe to be moral truth first. My philosophy of government second. And my politics third.
Mike Pence
#8. 'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details intended to reveal how each piece came to be, what it represents, and how it has formed, or been informed by, my philosophy of writing.
George R R Martin
#9. Do not be scared to do your good nonsense as it may seem to some people, out your good nonsense their is common sense ; that is my philosophy .
Osunsakin Adewale
#10. Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.
Alan Bennett
#11. I strongly believe that people may not want, or may not be able, to start again from scratch, so giving old furniture a new lease of life is at the heart of my philosophy.
Nina Campbell
#12. My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.
M. Night Shyamalan
#14. I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth.
Nelson Goodman
#15. I do have a website that's updated regularly. It's a great way for potential clients to check out my work anonymously. As most of my web visitors would be interested in my work (not my history, the equipment I use, my "philosophy", etc.), it's my work that's predominantly featured on the site.
John Keltonic
#16. You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.
Hank Stram
#17. My philosophy had always been to do the leaving first.
Carey Corp
#18. If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then
explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for
us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?
Sarah Palin
#19. My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.
Richard Branson
#20. Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy.
Tad Williams
#21. Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.
Marc Maron
#22. My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
Jackie Collins
#23. My philosophy is TRUTH unto me. Through expressing my individuality I become free.
Stuart Wilde
#24. My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.
Bobby Darin
#25. I have nothing to fear from serious social studies of science, and I hope that my philosophy will help progressive science policies while showing that the most modern views of science are ignorant and regressive, even if they are accompanied by a leftist-sounding rhetoric.
Mario Bunge
#26. My philosophy is to "kill the monster while it's little." The best time to handle a "negative" emotion is when you first begin to feel it. It's much more difficult to interrupt an emotional pattern once it's full-blown.
Tony Robbins
#27. My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those are the guys that are competitive. You can not teach competitiveness.
Phil Jackson
#28. My philosophy has always been that I hope I have a good enough day to give me another one, I hope that I have a good enough year to give me another year. I know that's cliched, but it's the truth in how I approach my career.
David Nail
#30. My philosophy in life is that you only live once. Live life to its fullest.
Richard Branson
#31. The controversy as to whether socialism is possible has been settled by the fact that it exists, and it is a fundamental axiom of my philosophy, at any rate, that anything that exists, is possible.
Kenneth E. Boulding
#32. Newt Scamander : "My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.
J.K. Rowling
#33. My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics.
Dennis Kucinich
#34. My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!
Friedrich Nietzsche
#35. My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions
John Wooden
#36. My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.
Magnus Scheving
#37. You need to make the music strong, and the philosophy behind the music has to be solid. What the music exudes, what it emits, has to be very strong. It's your thinking that brings you things in life. Part of my philosophy to exceed starts right there.
David S. Ware
#39. I've written a lot about southern California, but I don't use the same characters. Leave the people in the songs in the songs, is my philosophy.
John Darnielle
#40. My philosophy towards life is to enjoy it to the fullest and have fun. I am one of those 'laugh-out-loud' kinds. I am quirky, yet witty.
Bipasha Basu
#41. My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
Steve Prefontaine
#42. My philosophy is that, in life, you have to want something. If you just say "la-la-la" and go through life without a goal, nothing will happen.
Heidi Klum
#43. My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge.
Dick Dale
#44. My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.
Anne F. Beiler
#45. My philosophy has always been to help women and men feel comfortable and confident through the clothes they wear.
Giorgio Armani
#46. My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.
James Scott Bell
#47. My philosophy is that everything starts with a great product.
Steve Jobs
#48. You're seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn how to be a human, how my philosophy has evolved.
David Cronenberg
#49. Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work.
James Cameron
#50. My philosophy is based on the principle of self-ownership. You own your life. To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your life than you do. No other person, or group of persons, owns your life nor do you own the lives of others.
Ken Schoolland
#51. Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my philosophy, it is the law of harmony: that one must put oneself in harmony with oneself and with others.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
#52. I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people's lives.
George W. Bush
#53. Perhaps my philosophy is not so sophisticated. It goes: Come inside. I love you. A Whelk's love will grow as big as it's allowed.
Catherynne M Valente
#54. There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.
Abraham Lincoln
#55. I want to build up my philosophy ... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
Jackie Chan
#56. I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, 'Hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.'
Kevin Smith
#57. My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a selfish absorption in the well-being and achievement of Noel Coward.
Noel Coward
#58. My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
Anthony Hopkins
#59. There's lots of stocks out there and all you need is a few of 'em. That's been my philosophy.
Peter Lynch
#60. My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice." - Newt Scamander
J.K. Rowling
#61. But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.
George R R Martin
#62. My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.
John Kluge
#63. If you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not, at least refrain from harming them. I think that is the whole basis of my philosophy.
Dalai Lama XIV
#64. My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.
Saina Nehwal
#65. My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say.
Charlie Bell
#66. Reason in my philosophy is only a harmony among irrational impulses.
George Santayana
#67. My philosophy is food and cooking should be fun but, never a chore!
Adam Pittaway-Hay
#68. I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene.
John Cusack
#69. If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
Nawal El Saadawi
#70. I stand by my philosophy. Secrets fucking kill.
C.M. Stunich
#71. Throughout my life, I have tried to share my philosophy that getting and staying healthy doesn't have to feel like work. I don't diet or slave away in a gym - what I do is make excellent food choices.
Suzanne Somers
#72. When I come into a tournament, I'm expecting to win. That's my philosophy. I can't go to a tournament thinking, 'I'm going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.'
Maria Sharapova
#73. This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
#74. My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
Sonny Perdue
#75. Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
Budd Schulberg
#76. Now comes what I perhaps inflatedly call my philosophy of knitting. Like many philosophies, it is hard to express in a few words. Its main tenets are enjoyment and satisfaction, accompanied by thrift, inventiveness, an appearance of industry, and, above all, resourcefulness.
Elizabeth Zimmermann
#78. My philosophy is this: Life is too short to work another minute at a job you don't love.
J.R. Rain
#79. I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.
Jo Stafford
#80. The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
Peter Lynch
#81. My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.
Joan Benoit
#82. That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
Alexander McCall Smith
#84. The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
Gabriel Marcel
#85. My philosophy is worrying means you suffer twice.
J.K. Rowling
#86. My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
Sophia Loren
#87. My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.
Emeril Lagasse
#88. I don't exercise. My philosophy is: No pain, no pain.
Carol Leifer
#90. I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.
Carol Leifer
#91. My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.
Dorothy Arzner
#92. I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me.
G.K. Chesterton
#93. My philosophy is that on a scale of 1 to 10, I will go to 15. No matter what!
Dick Dale
#94. My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.
John Bolton
#95. My philosophy is 'When in doubt, you can live without.
Christin Lovell
#96. Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people.
Joy Behar
#97. As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit ... as I believe in, based on my philosophy.
Brian Cowen
#98. Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.
Paul Guilfoyle
#99. My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
Hank Stram
#100. My philosophy, don't let cancer ruin your life. You get up every day and use what you have and what time you have left.
Paul Henderson
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