#po

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#being #beneficent #entered #freed #introduction

The present is a point just passed. ↗

— David Russell

#just #passed #point #present

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

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed. ↗

— Dora Russell

#began #birth #birth control #britain #clinic

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. ↗

— Dora Russell

#always #citizens #class citizens #government #had

For myself, if I am to stake all I have and hope to be upon anything, I will venture it upon the abounding fullness of God - upon the assurance that, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

#anything #assurance #earth #fullness #god

Not as a demonstrated natural law, but as a working hypothesis. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

#hypothesis #law #natural #working

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

#life #must #need #remains #some

Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in. ↗

— Keri Russell

#bit #colorado #everything #experience #few

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man. ↗

— Kurt Russell

#another man #beating #finger #guys #high