
“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.”
Source: Among Others
Source: So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.”
Source: Among Others
Dialogue between Russell and his daughter Katharine, as quoted in My Father – Bertrand Russell (1975)
Attributed from posthumous publications
(from vol 2, letter 42: 9 Oct 1779, to Mr M___ ) [describing a friend]
Variant: Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
Source: Margaret Thatcher
“Nothing divided people more deeply than how they felt about cats.”
Source: Difficulties with Girls (1988), Ch. 19, p. 274
“When people work in a place that cares about them, they contribute a lot more than duty.”