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3869 Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own Kim John Payne
3868 I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the re Kinky Friedman
3867 If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize Bertrand Russell
3866 The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge Bertrand Russell
3865 What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is th Bertrand Russell
3864 Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their c Bertrand Russell
3863 Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is Bertrand Russell
3862 A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because h Bertrand Russell
3861 Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationa Bertrand Russell
3860 I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life a Bertrand Russell
3859 Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good gr Bertrand Russell
3858 The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will Bertrand Russell
3857 If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, bl Bertrand Russell
3856 Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make i Bertrand Russell
3855 The secret of happiness is this: let your interest be as wide as possible and l Bertrand Russell
3854 The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is Bertrand Russell
3853 Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know Bertrand Russell
3852 When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able Bertrand Russell
3851 The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible Bertrand Russell
3850 To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell
3848 Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell
3847 I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are Bertrand Russell
3846 Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more ev Bertrand Russell
3845 If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their ow Bertrand Russell
3844 I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I Bertrand Russell
3843 It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searchin Bertrand Russell
3842 No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. Bertrand Russell
3841 And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an une Bertrand Russell
3840 In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the Bertrand Russell
3839 The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certai Bertrand Russell
3838 War does not determine who is right - only who is left. Bertrand Russell
3837 Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. Bertrand Russell
3836 Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the long Bertrand Russell
3835 The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem wort Bertrand Russell
3834 Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell
3833 It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you. Bertrand Russell
3832 To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesit Bertrand Russell
3831 There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. Bertrand Russell
3830 I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell
3829 Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be Bertrand Russell
3828 We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still m Bertrand Russell
3827 Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. Bertrand Russell
3826 Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of ha Bertrand Russell
3825 One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid s Bertrand Russell
3824 The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. Bertrand Russell
3823 Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people' Bertrand Russell
3822 Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoo Bertrand Russell
3821 One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one&r Bertrand Russell
3820 Beware the man of a single book. Bertrand Russell
3819 So far as I can remember there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of inte Bertrand Russell
3818 It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents Bertrand Russell
3817 As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should s Bertrand Russell
3816 An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, co Bertrand Russell
3815 To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead. Bertrand Russell
3814 Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once Bertrand Russell
3813 Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happi Bertrand Russell
3812 There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, tha Bertrand Russell
3811 As long as you still experience the stars as something "above you", you lack the Friedrich Nietzsche
3810 Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them. Friedrich Nietzsche
3809 For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a c Friedrich Nietzsche
3808 A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creat Friedrich Nietzsche
3807 There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche
3806 Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love. Friedrich Nietzsche
3805 What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche
3804 The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a Friedrich Nietzsche
3803 A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have i George R.R. Martin
3802 Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man. George R.R. Martin
3801 When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only te George R.R. Martin
3800 Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if y George R.R. Martin
3799 The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate. George R.R. Martin
3798 What's dead may never die. George R.R. Martin
3797 Laughter is poison to fear. George R.R. Martin
3796 People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's serv George R.R. Martin
3795 Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. George R.R. Martin
3793 Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live. George R.R. Martin
3792 Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. George R.R. Martin
3791 They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth. George R.R. Martin
3790 Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. George R.R. Martin
3789 The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man' George R.R. Martin
3788 Sleep is good, he said, And books are better. George R.R. Martin
3787 Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the George R.R. Martin
3785 Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. George R.R. Martin
3784 A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. George R.R. Martin
3782 I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
3781 Good fences make good neighbors. Robert Frost
3780 Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world. Robert Frost
3779 A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful Robert Frost
3778 A good book has no ending Robert Frost
3777 A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. Robert Frost
3776 A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of hi Robert Frost
3775 How many things would you attempt If you knew you could not fail Robert Frost
3774 I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school. Robert Frost
3773 Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain. Robert Frost
3772 Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That's voting. Robert Frost
3771 You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could w Robert Frost
3770 How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you? Robert Frost
3769 Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the wor Robert Frost
3768 The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has g Robert Frost
3767 And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I woul Robert Frost
3766 Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out. Robert Frost
Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own — Kim John Payne
I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the re — Kinky Friedman
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize — Bertrand Russell
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge — Bertrand Russell
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is th — Bertrand Russell
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their c — Bertrand Russell
Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is — Bertrand Russell
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because h — Bertrand Russell
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationa — Bertrand Russell
I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life a — Bertrand Russell
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good gr — Bertrand Russell
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will — Bertrand Russell
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, bl — Bertrand Russell
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make i — Bertrand Russell
The secret of happiness is this: let your interest be as wide as possible and l — Bertrand Russell
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is — Bertrand Russell
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know — Bertrand Russell
When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able — Bertrand Russell
The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible — Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. — Bertrand Russell
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. — Bertrand Russell
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are — Bertrand Russell
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more ev — Bertrand Russell
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their ow — Bertrand Russell
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I — Bertrand Russell
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searchin — Bertrand Russell
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. — Bertrand Russell
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an une — Bertrand Russell
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the — Bertrand Russell
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certai — Bertrand Russell
War does not determine who is right - only who is left. — Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. — Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the long — Bertrand Russell
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem wort — Bertrand Russell
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. — Bertrand Russell
It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you. — Bertrand Russell
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesit — Bertrand Russell
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. — Bertrand Russell
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. — Bertrand Russell
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be — Bertrand Russell
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still m — Bertrand Russell
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. — Bertrand Russell
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of ha — Bertrand Russell
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid s — Bertrand Russell
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. — Bertrand Russell
Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people' — Bertrand Russell
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoo — Bertrand Russell
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one&r — Bertrand Russell
Beware the man of a single book. — Bertrand Russell
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of inte — Bertrand Russell
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents — Bertrand Russell
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should s — Bertrand Russell
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, co — Bertrand Russell
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead. — Bertrand Russell
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once — Bertrand Russell
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happi — Bertrand Russell
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, tha — Bertrand Russell
As long as you still experience the stars as something "above you", you lack the — Friedrich Nietzsche
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them. — Friedrich Nietzsche
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a c — Friedrich Nietzsche
A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creat — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a — Friedrich Nietzsche
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have i — George R.R. Martin
Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man. — George R.R. Martin
When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only te — George R.R. Martin
Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if y — George R.R. Martin
The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate. — George R.R. Martin
What's dead may never die. — George R.R. Martin
Laughter is poison to fear. — George R.R. Martin
People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's serv — George R.R. Martin
Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. — George R.R. Martin
Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live. — George R.R. Martin
Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. — George R.R. Martin
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth. — George R.R. Martin
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. — George R.R. Martin
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man' — George R.R. Martin
Sleep is good, he said, And books are better. — George R.R. Martin
Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the — George R.R. Martin
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. — George R.R. Martin
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. — George R.R. Martin
I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost
Good fences make good neighbors. — Robert Frost
Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world. — Robert Frost
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful — Robert Frost
A good book has no ending — Robert Frost
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. — Robert Frost
A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of hi — Robert Frost
How many things would you attempt If you knew you could not fail — Robert Frost
I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school. — Robert Frost
Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain. — Robert Frost
Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That's voting. — Robert Frost
You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could w — Robert Frost
How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you? — Robert Frost
Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the wor — Robert Frost
The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has g — Robert Frost
And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I woul — Robert Frost
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out. — Robert Frost