I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many. – John Paul DeJoria
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. – James Joyce
As soon as the printing press started flooding Europe with books, people were complaining that there were too many books and that it was going to change philosophy and the course of human thought in ways that wouldn’t necessarily be good. – James Gleick
In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we’ve made up. We actually don’t have free will. We’re acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms. – Joel Kinnaman
You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport. – Jean-Claude Van Damme
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
My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. – J. Michael Straczynski
Designers have a reputation for setting the tone for what people – and especially women – are supposed to wear. How long their skirts should be, things like that. I have a different philosophy: put something out there with humour; let people see that and come around to it on their own. – Jeremy Scott
Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument. – Julian Baggini
I’ve never had a specific style philosophy. I wear what I know works on me and I’ll play around with accessories or some other fun additions for the outfit. – Hilary Rhoda
Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind. – Giacomo Leopardi
My general philosophy of playing bad guys, which I’ve sort of done, you know, half the time is, you know, very few people who we view as bad guys get out of bed and think, ‘What evil, terrible thing am I going to do today?’ Most people see their motivations as justified – as, you know, justifying whatever they do. – J. K. Simmons
Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion. – Isaac Newton
And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it. – John Donne
I don’t feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere. – Julian Baggini
I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin. – Itzhak Perlman
I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself. – Jim Carrey
I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of ‘pretty football’, that’s got to go. – Alan Hansen
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that. – Bono
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. – Baruch Spinoza
Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen’s basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law. – Basmah bint Saud
I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven’t really had to alter it very much ever since. – Boyd Rice
The word ‘right’ should be excluded from political language, as the word ’cause’ from the language of philosophy. – Auguste Comte