Maher > Maher's Quotes

“If we ought to philosophize
we ought to philosophize, and if we ought not to philosophize
we ought to philosophize ; in either case, therefore, we ought
to philosophize. For if philosophy exists we ought certainly
to philosophize, because philosophy exists ; and if it does not
exist, even so we ought to examine why it does not exist,
and in examining this we shall be philosophizing, because
examination is what makes philosophy.”
― Aristotle

“The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.”
― John le Carré, A Most Wanted Man

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

“Believe none of what you hear. Half of what you see. And everything you write.”
― Jeph Loeb, Superman for All Seasons

“In my time, love often followed trends, yet greater love grows through it all.”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine