#very

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#family #father #golf #modern #particularly

Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee. ↗

— Renee Zellweger

#being #big #biologically #child #cornerstone

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#belief #cambridge #course #everything #gradually

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#either #else #every #found #justification

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#apt #as far as #authority #carry #constant

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#honorable #individually #mass #people #rogues

My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#along #always #father #good #good relationship

I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me. ↗

— David Sedaris

#becomes #blur #everything #five #go

I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking. ↗

— David Sedaris

#became #day #did #ever #every

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter. ↗

— David Sedaris

#i #like #new #new yorker #reporter