#ill

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#away #fade #guidelines #infancy #intelligence

If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker. ↗

— Dora Russell

#assume #child #naturally #right #smaller

When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises. ↗

— Richard Russo

#find #finished #generally #guises #i

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#belief #cheerful #good #make #plus

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#i #political #politicians #way #will

We are still fighters. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#still

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#cease #end #exploration #exploring #first

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#even #film #own #shot #still

If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#come #know #movie #nice #one thing

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#god #invented #loved #mankind #silly