Blasphemy Quote by Bertrand Russell Download Open image “Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy.” — Bertrand Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blasphemy Great idea Ideas Inspirational
We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea." — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
A big idea is great, but putting that big idea into action has the power to change the world. — Tae Yoo Copy Share Image
“The charge of blasphemy is loaded. The point is to pack a wallop behind the charge that in our worship services God simply doesn't… — John Piper Copy Share Image
This idea that somehow or another, every idea on its face, because it's an idea, has some validity is ludicrous. — James Carville Copy Share Image
Blasphemy: a law to protect an all-powerful, supernatural deity from getting its feelings hurt. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Great ideas are based on what we make others believe is their ideas. — Michael Travis Copy Share Image
I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State). — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Political correctness is a major defect of the western ethos. Some Western countries have even passed blasphemy laws that would put you in legal… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
As George Bernard Shaw observed: "All great truths begin as blasphemies." Yet I have to say, the idea that there is intelligent life elsewhere… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
The most important truths always appear first as blasphemies or obscenities. That's why every great innovator is persecuted. And the sacraments look obscene, too,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Now 'South Park' - they are interested in blasphemy. They're interested in creating offence for its own sake. — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever… — John Adams Copy Share Image
That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science… — John Adams Copy Share Image