Bertrand Russell Quotes
To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.
Quotes to Explore
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
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The literary man has a circle of the chosen few who read him and become his only public. . . . What more natural than that he should write for those who, even if they do not pay him, at least understand him?
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Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.
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Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.
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It's interesting because when you're in a show for a year, your life really isn't your own for that whole period.
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To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.
