quotes about Great Philosophers

last updated: November 28, 2023

A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.
-- Jacques Maritain

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“I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.”
“Make things that carry with them the residue of where they have been.”
“White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it is called the history of the world.”
“Thereâ€™s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.”
“That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors.”
“Our people do not want barren theories from their democracy. Maury Maverick has expressed very quaintly, but clearly, what they really want when he says: 'We Americans want to talk, pray, think as we please and eat regular'.”
“No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.”
“Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.”
“Temptation hath a music for all ears.”
“As they do every year, al-Qaida has threatened to disrupt and ruin Christmas. You know, we already have a group that disrupts and ruins Christmas every year. They're called relatives.”