Russell Brand Quotes

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

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

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

The only Revolution that can really change the world is the one in your own consciousness, and mine has already begun.

Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.

Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.

I missed him, of course, but sometimes close friendships have a tidal beat that pulls you towards different shores though the ocean that connects you remains.

How we treat the vulnerable is how we define ourselves as a species.

Life’s never a postcard of life, is it? It never feels like how you’d want it to look.

I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack.

The right to free speech is important but it isn't as important as 'we're all human beings together, let's find solutions together.'

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.

If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.

Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears or addresses the vast majority of people.

Socialism isn't a dirty word; it just means sharing. Really, it's just the bureaucratic arm of Christianity.

I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.

It's highly psychological, and very beautiful, and overwhelming, and real, and trippy!

I'm buying things for people I don't even know. I'm like Willy Wonka, but more manipulative. Imagine if Willy Wonka had a devious goal.

All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of racism.

The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.

People don't realize that the future is just now, but later.

As a person I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.

The world isn't made of atoms, it's made of stories.

Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God

Question all information when you receive it. You might not even trust me Look at me, I've got a blanket over me head.

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death.

I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.

There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.

Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space.

If you've got any concern at all about animal welfare, you've got to not eat meat.

Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

People who say the system works work for the system.

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

I used to binge-eat and make myself throw up. I was a fat kid. Obviously I didn't quite master the bulimia.

I'm quite a neurotic thinker, quite an adrenalized person. But after meditation, I felt this beautiful serenity and selfless connection.

I think what's actually happened is print media is becoming obsolete, and this is like the floundering corpse of a dying media. It is just twitching.

Nigel Farage and Sean Hannity is like a super group of idiots.

I also do a lot of Kundalini yoga.

And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good.

It is 10 years since I used drugs or drank alcohol and my life has improved immeasurably. I have a job, a house, a cat, good friendships and generally a bright outlook.