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Something Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.
- We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith."…
- For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry happiness as something degraded and unworthy
- Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to…
- There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true.
- An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right…
- While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is…
- It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this is a fallacy.…
- Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
- There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.
- Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and…
- Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that…
- There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost…
- 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…
- A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can…
- The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will…
- The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
- Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.
- I believe myself that romantic love is the source of the most intense delights that life has to offer. In the relation of a man…
- The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which…
- This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not…
- A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
More Something Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — 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
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. — J. J. Abrams
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen