"I do not believe that science per se is an adequate source of happiness, nor do I think that my own scientific outlook has contributed very greatly to my own happiness, which I attribute to defecating twice a day with unfailing regularity."

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Bertrand Russell

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“There are many similarities between Germans and blacks. The nouns themselves are loaded with so much historical baggage it's impossible for anyone to be indifferent to the simple mention of either group. We're two insightful people looking for reasons to love ourselves; and let's not forget we both love pork and wear sandals with socks.”

Source : Paul Beatty (2008). “Slumberland: A Novel”, Bloomsbury USA
“[Judaism is] ever... mighty in wickedness... when it cursed Moses; when it hated God; when it vowed its sons to demons; when it killed the prophets, and finally when it betrayed to the Praetor and crucified our God Himself and Lord... And so glorying through all its existence in iniquity.”
“This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.”
“It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy.”
“To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.”
“In 1897, troops from the greatest empire the world had ever seen marched down Londonâ€™s mall for Queen Victoriaâ€™s diamond jubilee. Seventy years later, Britain had government health care, a government-owned car industry, massive government housing, and it was a shriveled high-unemployment socialist basket-case living off the dwindling cultural capital of its glorious past. In 1945, America emerged from the Second World War as the preeminent power on earth. Seventy years later . . . Letâ€™s not go there.”
“Acting is like sex, it’s possible if your partner is bad, but it’s better if they’re good.”
“There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.”

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