Philosophers don't all believe that ethics is just based on intuition. That's just stupid! It's ignoramus!

It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in that.

it's okay to be addicted to beauty, " Mom says, all dreamy. "Emerson said 'beauty is God's handwriting.

Freedom is the courage to live your dreams.

Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints.

If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context.

We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.

Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have, I just write a story about it. Lyric-wise, it's cool to have someone else's input too.

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.