Russ Quotes

Money in politics is a huge issue.

The incredible stability in inflation is really a novel human experience. And the inflation is being the result of money.

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.

[T]here is one and only one way to possess that in which we are defective, therefore that which we need, therefore that which we want. Become it.

When one culture has the big guns and the other has none, there is a certain predictablity about the outcome.

There are more whooping cranes in the United States of America than there are women in Congress.

You can't imbibe someone's success by f*cking them.

Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it.

Compared with the BBC's studied neutrality, Fox comes across as a kind of Gong Show of propaganda.

Does anyone really believe it is possible to make even the most basic ends meet on $5.15 an hour?

As winter weather settles in around the country, millions of American families are facing skyrocketing home heating prices with even greater impact if cold temperatures persist into the spring.

Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits.

I find that students are very strong on my issues, stronger than anyone: anti-death penalty, anti-racial profiling, campaign finance reform, questioning the anti-terrorism bill.

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money systems in Maine and Arizona.

Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits are unacceptable, and they shouldn’t be put on the table by Democrats for any reason...

I'm young, and I'm fortunate to be in good health, although I do get tired. Sometimes my wife refers to me as Mr. Excitement because of the number of naps it takes to keep this going.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

I believe in local control of education.

If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.

I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no connection to terrorism.

I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.

It will make the Tea Party look like a tea party.

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.

The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.

Resisting overreaching by the federal government is appropriate and, yes, even patriotic.

We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish.

The climate is obviously changing dramatically.

I believe the power of Economics is to help provide a unique lens for looking at the world.

Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.

To walk in faith is to confess that we do not know what awaits us, and the faith I have embraced does not promise an easy road.

Analyzing everyday situations using a systematic approach similar to that utilized by physicians when investigating a medical mysteries can result in better choices.

Having a system for thinking deeper can provide greater insight into solving everyday problems. Such a system is shared in my book, Medical Investigation 101.

Having a system for thinking deeper can provide greater insight into solving everyday problem. Such a system is shared in my book, Medical Investigation 101.

I, the infirm, find myself caring for the sorrows and fears of the well.

Civilization must be preserved, ' says he.'Civilization's doing fine, ' I said. 'We just don't happen to be where it is.

Without meaningful work you might as well be dead.

We need heroes, however outlandish, because although we might not be slaying real dragons, we all have our quests.

The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the troublewith women,

Building a good relationship with ourselves is essential for inner fulfilment, especially when we run into a large reality gap.

(Only God can make a tree and She seldom tries, nowadays.)

In my opinion, questions that are based on something real ought to be settled by something real without all this damned lazy miserable drifting

When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?

Trust is easy to give but hard to keep also it's hard to achieve but easy to lose

Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.

The world we inhabit is one where children feel sorrow long before they have the words to express it.

Total confusion, disconnected nothing, absolute bewilderment. It's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, stuffed in a burrito, and smothered in taco sauce.

Don't rush into any kind of relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself and love yourself. Do this first and you will soon attract that special loving other.

The more importance we place on avoiding unpleasant feelings in life, the more our life tends to go downhill.