Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes

The living Lord leads His living church.

Russell M. Nelson

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• I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Men
  • Proud
  • Dove

• It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried so much he worried his hair off!

  

  Gavin MacLeod
  • Work
  • Guy
  • Hair

• My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Books
  • Teenager
  • Experienced

• There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Guy
  • Know
  • Wait

• I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Believe
  • True
  • Creative

• What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Think
  • Things
  • Evidence

• And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

  

  Ed Bradley
  • Always
  • Better
  • Luck

• All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons.

  

  Gabriel Mann
  • Character
  • Think
  • Nice

• If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Long
  • Free
  • Violence

• Shakspeare never has six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven: but this does not refute my general assertion.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • May
  • Together

• It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • People
  • Failure
  • Mad

• In Yemen, the United States conducted more drone strikes in 2016 than any year except 2012, the peak of the campaign in the country, according to data collected by New America.

  

  Peter Bergen
  • Country
  • America

• I knew fashion was going to be part of my job, so I thought I might as well have fun with it.

  

  Clemence Poesy
  • Job
  • Fun
  • Fashion

• The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

  

  Frank Shorter
  • Work
  • Training

• I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Life
  • Humble

• I realised that you can go through times of extreme happiness, but if that happiness is not coming from a deeply rooted place, you will also be going through extreme lows of sadness.

  

  Katrina Kaif

• So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

  

  Brian Boitano
  • Free
  • Competition

• I tell my students that the single most powerful thing that we have in this country - something that literally harbors no dissent and no questioning - is the all-powerful elite narrative.

  

  James Carville
  • Country
  • Single
  • Powerful

• And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go on.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Death
  • Sorry

• As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant relation to the body and to psychology. It makes it more complicated, and it makes it more challenging.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Fashion
  • Design
  • Yourself

• This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence the 'Fascination' in the title of the essay, the fascination of art and creativity, stands in opposition to what is called 'Liberation'.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Art
  • Character
  • Creativity

• The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

  

  Dominic Thiem
  • Important
  • Achievement

• I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career.

  

  Eric Ries
  • History
  • Career
  • I Believe

• The living Lord leads His living church.

  

  Russell M. Nelson