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Other Hand Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- The first man who said "fire burns" was employing scientific method, at any rate if he had allowed himself to be burnt several times. This…
- On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may come to know, and on the other hand to keep…
- As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because…
- If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will…
More Other Hand Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization… — Julian Assange
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx… — Mikhail Bakunin
- We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living.… — Pope Benedict XVI
- An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of… — Theodor Adorno
- On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously. — Kathryn Bigelow
- But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship… — Bono
- On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the… — David Bowie
- But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well. — Beau Bridges
- Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so… — William S. Burroughs