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Nothing Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death.
- In science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser men…
- I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But…
- There is no logical impossibility in the hypothesis that the world sprang into being five minutes ago, exactly as it then was, with a population…
- Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that…
- There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be…
- Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and…
- Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul…
- When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
- To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.
- But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant upon which the…
- We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing…
- 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…
- The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
- Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
- I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because,…
- I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
- The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or,…
- Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
- When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men…
- Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive…
- When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others
More Nothing Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
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- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong