The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. – Bertrand Russell
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. – Bertrand Russell
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell
But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think its quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governors seat who actually knows where jobs come from. – Carly Fiorina