Bertrand Russell Quotes

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

Bertrand Russell

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• It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Good
  • Work
  • Mind

• I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Life
  • Real
  • Training

• It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Truth
  • Decisions

• I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Think

• The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Good
  • Me
  • Feel

• I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.

  

  Candace Cameron Bure
  • Home
  • Happy
  • Mom

• I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Life
  • Up
  • Family

• The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • Life
  • Family
  • My Life

• I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

  

  Daniel Breaker
  • Life
  • True
  • Think

• If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Good
  • Chance
  • Direction

• I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Inspiration

• That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • People
  • Good
  • Ideas

• It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.

  

  Karl Urban
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.

  

  Tatum O'Neal
  • Life
  • Money
  • Alone

• I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • Life
  • Never
  • Piano

• I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

  

  Van Jones
  • Time
  • Good
  • Future

• There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Way

• To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Excellence
  • Often

• The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Intelligence
  • Skills
  • Others

• When the Box Tops first started out, I couldn't play guitar much at all. Only after we had our first hit records did I start playing.

  

  Alex Chilton Big Star
  • Guitar
  • Records
  • Box

• That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs.

  

  Alton Brown
  • Great
  • Focus

• The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • Life
  • Good
  • Happy