Russell Baker Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
-
I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
-
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
-
America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
-
I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
-
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
-
What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
-
People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
-
I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
-
My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
-
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
-
We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
-
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
-
I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
-
I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
-
Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
-
You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
-
Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
-
Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'
-
Think about how many dreams die with people - if you don't believe in yourself, whatever you're doing is for no reason.
-
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
-
People are always very nice.
-
When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
