I can go a lot longer without a philosopher than I can without a plumber.
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
John W. Gardner
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I prefer plumbers who wax philosophical about the type of toilet paper people use and the things people put in the toilet.