#ld

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. ↗

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#any #asked #been #certainly #definition

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#happens #ignorant #magistrate #obscenity #shock

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, "Does this suck?" and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, "I'm on fire, I'm amazing!" and I don't think that's the way to work. ↗

— David O. Russell

#amazing #best #does #done #fire

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it. ↗

— David O. Russell

#caught #director #exciting #exciting thing #family

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation. ↗

— Lord John Russell

#faction #impossible #nation #prevail #should

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation. ↗

— Dora Russell

#council #especially #great #innovation #measures

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. ↗

— Dora Russell

#children #having #having children #how #knowing

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see. ↗