Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

- Alfred North Whitehead

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

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

- Anthony Hopkins

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

- Anthony Hopkins

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

- Annie Besant

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

- Anne Sullivan

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

- Angela Davis

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

- Ambrose Bierce

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

- Ambrose Bierce

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

- Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

- Ai Weiwei

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning.

- Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

- Alfred North Whitehead

I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.

- Alfred Nobel

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.

- Albert Ellis

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

- Albert Camus

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

- Albert Camus

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

- Albert Camus

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

- Alain de Botton

I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

- Al Sharpton