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- Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Mysticism and Logic (1917) ch. 4
- It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Sceptical Essays (1928), "On the Value of Scepticism"
- Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"
- If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
- Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
- Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)
- All great truths begin as blasphemies.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Annajanska (1919)
- My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 2
- A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
- People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
- Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
- In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is.
- Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), The Geographical History of America (1936)
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