#matt

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#beautiful #been #chimney #does #hoot

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#controversies #either #evidence #good #matters

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing. ↗

— David O. Russell

#character #closer #doing #emotional #feel

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#back #belief #better #better off #brett

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#anything #being #demean #eyes #him

The one thing that matters is the effort. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#matters #one thing #the one thing #thing

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#achieved #goals #higher #how #many

News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#how #matter #message #much #news

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#enjoy #how #make #matter #miserable

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#both #development #fundamental #harmonious #individual