Russakoff Quotes & Sayings

Almost all philanthropy is by definition undemocratic, its priorities set by wealthy donors and boards of trustees, who by extension can shape the direction of public policy in faraway communities. — Dale Russakoff

We have barely tapped the power that is ours. We are more than we know. — Charlene Spretnak

If that child dreaming by the wireless had been asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, what I had become was more or less what he would have described, in however halting a fashion, I am sure of it. This is remarkable, I think, even allowing for my present sorrows. Are not the majority of men disappointed with their lot, languishing in quiet desperation in their chains? — John Banville

Even the suicide desires his own good: he wrongly imagines that he would be better off dead. The moral problem is not that we love ourselves but that we love ourselves the wrong way. — J. Budziszewski

All changes pass me like a dream,
I neither sing nor pray;
And thou art like the poisonous tree
That stole my life away. — Elizabeth Siddal

Tell me. You're a man who understands history," I said. "If you want to start a revolution, why not issue a manifesto? Why not show the people who you are, what you're doing?"
He leaned back, grateful to explain. "That's perfectly understandable. Socrates wrote nothing down. Neither did Jesus. The problem with text is that it assumes it's own reality. It cannot answer, and it cannot explain. — Nicholas Shakespeare

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston. — Harvey MacKay

Such names as German Mastiff, German Boarhound, English Dogge, Ulmer Dogge and Deutsche Dogge were common in countries around the world. — S. William Haas

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for the other guy. — William Proxmire

One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road. — Ruth Pitter

I bought it [sha la la la lee] because of steve marriotts voice. I didnt realise until recently it was written by kenny lynch. I'm not at all embarrassed, great song and great band. — Carl Palmer

Such as the sun,
let us love everyone,
now feel and behold,
the dance of your spirit
and joy of your soul. — Debasish Mridha

Would you look at that body language? Legs crossed towards each other. That is an unequivocal sex invite. — Cher

How, without clothes, could we possess the master organ, soul's seat and true pineal gland of the body social
I mean a purse? — Thomas Carlyle

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something. — Lindsay Lohan

Letter writing allows us to be alone yet connected. We need a certain amount of solitude in order to have true ideas to communicate. But few of us desire solitude all the time ... Yet solitude is what makes us contemplative and receptive, more aware of life's gifts and our own special blessings. — Alexandra Stoddard