"Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age."
― Bertrand Russell
Topic(s): Age
― Bertrand Russell
More From Bertrand Russell
- "It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion."
- "The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry."
- "The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf."
More In Age
- "My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called ‘High Society,’ so we moved to New York for the run of that."― Anna Kendrick
- "It’s getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen."― Julie Walters
- "Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age."― Paul Klee