Philosophy Quotes

Is grass really greener on the other side?

How come after all these years we do not know how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

They say you can't take it with you when you go but what if it really wants to go with you?

Sure the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence but won't the water bills be higher?

They say a stitch in time saves nine. Nine what? And what if you only wanted to save eight of them?

Has anyone ever been caught flogging a dead horse?

An apple a day may not keep the doctor away but don't you think it sure makes the produce manager at the store happy?

Where is this bush that we keep beating around?

How can birds of a feather flock together if opposites attract?

People always say that the grass is always greener on the other side but has anyone actually turned it over?

If a thing of beauty is a joy forever why does ugly seem to last so much longer?

Assuming there's gold at the end of the rainbow which side is the beginning? And which side is the end?

If there is a 'Pot of Gold' at the end of the Rainbow how is it that no one can ever find the End of the Rainbow? Even when standing on a hill looking down at it? Doesn't it end somewhere?

If silence is golden what is noise?

Don't you think the chicken came first? Wouldn't God look rather silly sitting on an egg?

Why is an unanswered question better than an unquestioned answer?

Don't you think that with the proper amount of manpower, pliers, ropes, belts and duct tape, you actually COULD lead a horse to water AND make it drink?

Have you noticed that urgent tasks are seldom important while important goals are seldom urgent?

How come by the time you find greener pastures, you can't climb the fence?

If the grass is greener on the other side, then if the guy on the other side is looking at me, does he think my grass is greener when his is the greenest? And if his IS greenest, how did he do it?

If this is the best of all possible worlds, what can the others be like?

If early birds get worms, isn't it better to sleep in?

If the grass is always greener on the other side, and when you got to the other side, the original grass was greener, how long should one try to get to the greener side?

Do two rights make a wrong?

What is so hard about ‘having your cake and eating it too’?

If the squeaky wheel gets the grease, why is it that the nail that sticks out gets hammered?

Why is it that good things never happen? Especially to those who wait?

Why do people say, 'You can't have your cake and eat it too'? Why would someone get cake if they can't eat it?

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, shouldn't that individual relinquish that hold until studying art?

What would be the point of finding a needle in a haystack? Wouldn't it be easier to just go out and buy another needle?