All movements go too far.

—Bertrand Russell

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About Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English mathematician and philosopher. A founder of analytic philosophy, he was a leading philosopher of the 20th century who produced pioneering work in logic, set theory, and philosophy of language. Russell popularised philosophy to...

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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

—Bertrand Russell

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

—Bertrand Russell

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

—Bertrand Russell

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

—Bertrand Russell

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

—Bertrand Russell

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Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.

—Norman McLaren

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The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up every bird-watcher in the country.

—John N. Mitchell, U.S. attorney general, 1969-1972

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I saw a stationery store move.

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The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.

—Rabindranath Tagore

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There is this idea now in this country that all people who succeed, succeed on their own, and all people who fail, fail on their own, whereas neither is true. The vast majority of people in this country stay where they're born. Very few people move too far from home. Rich people rarely become poor, and poor people rarely become rich. But we live in a society ruled by anecdote, so that we have no sense at all of what actually happens to most people.

—Fran Lebowitz

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