Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

—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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All movements go too far.

—Bertrand Russell

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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

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Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.

Honestly, I don't care what we do. I just want to stay wrapped around him for as long as possible, fighting sleep and forgetting about the rest of the world.

—Karen M. McManus in One of Us Is Lying

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the bloody night, or when you're half awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is.

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Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

—Gregory Bateson

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Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye, steal me awhile from mine own company.

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