Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived.

Bertrand Russell

What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.

Bertrand Russell

St. Paul introduced an entirely novel view of marriage, that it existed primarily to prevent the sin of fornication. It is just as if one were to maintain that the sole reason for baking bread is to prevent people from stealing cake.

Bertrand Russell

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.

Bertrand Russell

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

Bertrand Russell

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

Bertrand Russell

It is obviously possible that what we call waking life may only be an unusual and persistent nightmare.

Bertrand Russell

The power of thought, the vast regions it can master.

Bernard Ebbers

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

Bernard Cornwell

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

Chad Kroeger

There is a mathematical formula to why you got famous. It isn’t some magical thing that just started happening.

Cassie Ventura

You've got to audition! It's tough out there, no matter how well-known you are.

Cass Gilbert

Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.

Cass Elliot

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.

Carol P. Christ

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

Carlos Castaneda

You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us are already mad.

Carl Crawford

Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

In mathematics there are no true controversies.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematics is concerned only with the enumeration and comparison of relations.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

The higher arithmetic presents us with an inexhaustible store of interesting truths - of truths, too, which are not isolated, but stand in a close internal connection, and between which, as our knowledge increases, we are continually discovering new and sometimes wholly unexpected ties.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

C. S. Lewis

you had nothing to say about it and yet made the nothing up into words.

C. S. Lewis

It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one who did.

C. S. Lewis

If you thirst you may drink.

C. S. Lewis

I see you are an idiot, whatever else you may be...

We have to go in and play with a lot of confidence. We know if we win we are in first place no matter what.

We have to find ways to win. There's not much margin for error. Just because it's not your night, you can't say it's not your night. We don't have enough time for that.

We have to find him more time, he's not even a starter. He's maturing and doing well.

We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,

Whenever we are not doing a show in our main theater or after the main show, we will do things down here.

William James

Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Taya Kyle

When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.

Helmut Jahn

We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment.