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Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Athlete · American · b. 1956
I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.
Jet Li
Actor · Chinese · b. 1963
You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.
Evan Parker
Musician · British · b. 1944
You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.
Mark Messier
Athlete · Canadian · b. 1961
It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
Sophia Loren
Actress · Italian · b. 1934
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Satchel Paige
Athlete · American · 1906 – 1982
Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.
Compay Segundo
Musician · Cuban · 1907 – 2003
Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.
Nick Lachey
Musician · American · b. 1973
The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.
Thurston Moore
Musician · American · b. 1958
Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching.
Trofim Lysenko
Celebrity · Russian · 1909 – 1976
I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
Garry Shandling
Comedian · American · b. 1949
I took all the philosophy courses I could.
Judd Nelson
Actor · American · b. 1959
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.
Erykah Badu
Musician · American · b. 1971
My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.
Gene Simmons
Musician · American · b. 1949
My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.
Harry Caray
Entertainer · American · 1920 – 1998
Coaching really is an individual philosophy.
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
Comedian · Canadian · b. 1962
My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.
Chaka Khan
Musician · American · b. 1953
Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.
Merlin Olsen
Athlete · American · 1940 – 2010
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
Athlete · Scottish · b. 1955
Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.
Greg Ginn
Musician · b. 1954
My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.
Omar Sharif
Actor · Egyptian · b. 1932
Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.
Paul Parker
Athlete · English · b. 1964
My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.
Tiffeny Milbrett
Athlete · American · b. 1972
I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.
Sun Ra
Musician · 1914 – 1993
I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.
Jo Stafford
Musician · American · 1917 – 2008
I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.
Arne Jacobsen
Architect · Danish · 1902 – 1971
Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine.
Kenneth More
Actor · British · 1914 – 1982
My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.
Emeril Lagasse
Celebrity · American · b. 1959
In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.
Pat Boone
Musician · American · b. 1934
We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations.
John O'Neill
Athlete · b. 1968
My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.
Jenny McCarthy
Model · American · b. 1972
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
Barbara Castle
Politician · British · 1910 – 2002
Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.
Anthony Daniels
Actor · English · b. 1946
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.
Giacomo Casanova
Celebrity · Italian · 1725 – 1798
I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.
Giovanni Ribisi
Actor · American · b. 1974
'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'
Dwight Schultz
Actor · American · b. 1947
I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy.
I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher.
Marta Kristen
Actress · American · b. 1945
My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
Hank Stram
Athlete · American · 1923 – 2005
I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy.
Chad Michael Murray
Actor · American · b. 1981
It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else.
Noah Taylor
Actor · Australian · b. 1969
The minister and the priest teach that the organization is greater. No great philosophy has ever come from an organization, but from an individual whose research has been a personal study of God and ITS ways.
Paul Twitchell
Celebrity · American · 1908 – 1971
Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
Bianca Jagger
Celebrity · Nicaraguan · b. 1945
The worst thing is always thinking of titles for records, with some reason behind them, and she just came out with the word, which she thought was a good word, a hard word, and since then we've sort of attached loads of meaning to it.
Emma Anderson
Musician · British · b. 1967
I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at.
Chris Bailey
Musician · Australian
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham Lincoln
President · American · 1809 – 1865