--- title: "7 Russell Said Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 7 Russell Said quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Russell Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/dan-dewitt-87698_philosophy_the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertran_615284.jpg" --- > [“The famous atheistic philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-dewitt/the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertrand-russell-once-said-what/) [Dan DeWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-dewitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/dan-dewitt-87698_philosophy_the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertran_615284.jpg) > [“I didn’t know anything about “made men” back then. That’s a special status in the alleged mob where you go through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-didn-t-know-anything-about-made-men-back-then-that-s-a-special/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/charles-brandt-2101_quote_i-didn-t-know-anything-about-made-men-ba_703665.jpg) > [“That's easy," Russell said. "Because everybody else in this here place is crooked as a dog's hind leg. ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/that-s-easy-russell-said-because-everybody-else-in-this-here-place-is/) [Les Standiford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-standiford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/les-standiford-41302_crooked_that-s-easy-russell-said-because-everybo_1540918.png) > [Kurt Russell said another brilliant thing. He had starred in umpteen movies by that point. And he said, "Generally speaking, in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-matheson/kurt-russell-said-another-brilliant-thing-he-had-starred-in-umpteen/) [Tim Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-matheson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/tim-matheson-8397_brilliant_kurt-russell-said-another-brilliant-thin_2552058.jpg) > [“Russell said something in Sicilian about stormy weather conditions that roughly translates into “You never can tell how things are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-said-something-in-sicilian-about-stormy-weather-conditions/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/charles-brandt-2101_stormy-weather_russell-said-something-in-sicilian-about_2741103.jpg) > [“Giancana was taken care of in his kitchen in the back of the head and then under the chin six times, Sicilian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/giancana-was-taken-care-of-in-his-kitchen-in-the-back-of-the-head-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/charles-brandt-2101_food_giancana-was-taken-care-of-in-his-kitche_3006491.jpg) > [“Bill handed me an envelope. I handed it back to him. I told him, “I’ll do a friend a favor.” Russell had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bill-handed-me-an-envelope-i-handed-it-back-to-him-i-told-him-i-ll-do/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/charles-brandt-2101_favor_bill-handed-me-an-envelope-i-handed-it-b_3174225.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/russell-said/#itemlist", "name": "Russell Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The famous atheistic philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan DeWitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-dewitt/the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertrand-russell-once-said-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/dan-dewitt-87698_philosophy_the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertran_615284.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/dan-dewitt-87698_philosophy_the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertran_615284.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/dan-dewitt-87698_philosophy_the-famous-atheistic-philosopher-bertran_615284.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The famous atheistic philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “What science cannot discover, mankind cannot…” — Dan DeWitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I didn’t know anything about “made men” back then. 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