philosophy

"Sexually, of course, the sexes aren’t equal. It is exactly a woman’s greater sexual power that often makes a man so fearful of being rejected by her that he buys himself drinks to reduce his fear. In …"

"Fresh beauty opens one's eyes wherever it is really seen, but the very abundance and completeness of the common beauty that besets our steps prevents its being absorbed and appreciated. It is a good t…"

"His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck inadvertently christened his philosophy in 1979 at Bombay airport when he was returning from the sixth Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Havana. Giving a rare interview…"

"The reason I quote this sycophantic comment is because it reflects perfectly the consensus in smoke-filled newspaper offices and in Delhi’s television studios. And Sonia, reserved to the point of bein…"

"The rational man may talk a good game about suicide, but reason must give way to obsession and finally squalor before he can actually do it."

"The English mind was like the London drawing room, a comfortable and easy spot, filled with bits and fragments of incoherent furnitures, which were never meant to go together, and could be arranged in…"

"How can we ever judge a human being when he is and he will always be another person"

"My position is entirely different from what the majority of the public imagine.. .I want a great deal, firstly because my position entails expenditure, and secondly because I like it. Being a very wel…"

"The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful."

"From time to time I have the feeling that certain instincts are being annihilated within me, which have hitherto seemed good and perfect: yet as soon as they are destroyed I perceive how evil and impe…"

"Many grand notions and titles have over time attached themselves to this place: a paradise at the southern tip of Africa, the world’s richest floral kingdom, a maritime fulcrum between West and East, …"

"Being that can be understood is language."

"Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning."

"The best music always results from ecstasies of logic."

"I know I'm going to get shit for saying this, but yeah, I don't want to be too happy. To write I have to feel slightly sorry for myself. You have to be in a slightly self-obsessed state of mind to sit…"

"Never give your enemies any more reason than they already have to go on hating you."

"It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him."

"These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore m…"

"Men were the gatekeepers. They ran all the equipment and the labels … I was tired of being the girlfriend of the guy in the band, I was tired of hearing that my musical tastes suck."

"I considered acting an opportunity to express emotions—and I took advantage of every opportunity l got. It took me a long time to discover that restraint can be admirable. Restraint, however, does not…"