The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in... →
Bertrand Russell
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should... →
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all... →
I would say that when I came into this chapter of my filmmaking career, starting with 'The Fighter,' there was this sense that you have to go... →
David O. Russell
For me, writing is a parenthesis where I can make sense of life.
Karen Russell
I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California.
Rene Russo
My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my... →
Richard Russo
I myself was born beside a river - the Avon in Sarum. So when I first encountered New York's great harbor and the Hudson River as a teenager, and... →
Edward Rutherfurd