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Grounds Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people…
- An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we can know there…
- The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have…
- Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
- When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the…
- I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds.
More Grounds Quotes
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training… — Annie Besant
- Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would… — Samuel Butler
- The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital… — Dick Cheney
- We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing… — Winston Churchill
- In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find,… — Robert Anderson
- The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached. ... An apology for America's values is never… — Mitt Romney
- You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you. — Keri Russell
- Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed to prove… — Carl Sagan
- Of all the unchristian beverages that ever passed my lips, Turkish coffee is the worst. The cup is small, it is smeared… — Mark Twain
- Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that,… — Marcel Proust
- Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting. — William Wordsworth