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When asked his opinion of pragmatism, Morgenbesser replied "It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice."

— Sidney Morgenbesser

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A proposed response to Heidegger's ontological query "Why is there something rather than nothing?" – "And if there were nothing? You'd still be complaining!"

Morgenbesser described Gentile ethics as entailing “ought implies can” while in Jewish ethics “can implies don’t.”

Asked to prove a questioner's existence, Morgenbesser shot back, "Who's asking?"

A student once interrupted him and said, "I just don't understand." He responded, "Why should you have the advantage over me?"

Of Hilary Putnam – "He’s a quantum philosopher. I can’t understand him and his position at the same time."

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