A.J. Russell Quotes

There's some *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys on my iPod. I listen to it if it comes up on shuffle.

Beware the man of the single book

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.

Perhaps the best hope for the future of mankind is that ways will be found of increasing the scope and intensity of sympathy.

I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation.

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich!

The question of common sense is always: 'what is it good for?' - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

If a Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full.

I've been through a lot in life, and had some ups and downs. It's what's led me to this day.

I don't shop just high-end, honestly. I shop at Zara, I shop at Topshop, I shop at H&M. I shop everywhere.

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

I lived with a guy who had OCD and I used to put Rice Krispies in his slippers before I went out. He went mental, but not before he counted them all.

No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.

So much time is currently spent in worrying about the future that the present is allowed to go to hell.

The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War', and I'm beginning to think they're right. For war costs millions of dollars a day, and love--just a few bucks a night!

I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.

If you want it and believe you can have it, you will.

To fear love is to fear life.

You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her.

It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.

There are no failures, only quitters.

The cardinal error of science lies in shutting the Creator out of His Creation.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

You are worthy of love and respect. You are beautiful, gifted, and intelligent. Don't let the storm make you forget it.

Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership in the Church, as a sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our families.

If you owe too much on American Express, and your Diner's Club notes are too hard, take a loan on your Visa, and pay it off with your MasterCard!

Shoes make an outfit. You can throw on a crazy shirt and crazy pants but you add those shoes - done.

I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

I keep hearing in my head "you are the Messiah, you are the Messiah." I think there's something wrong with my headphones.

I don't think I've arrived. I think I'm continuing to get there, getting closer and closer to where I want to go. But I'm not there yet.

I'm not better than you; I'm just different than you in a way that's better.

If I get to know somebody, I'll open up, but other than that I like to sit back and observe things.

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.

The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.

Faith is the antidote for fear.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

Americans like fat books and thin women.

Those of you who have fallen prey to any kind of addiction, there is hope because God loves all of His children

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.

All motion is curved and all curvature is spiral.

I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been.