Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
-
My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
-
I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
-
I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
-
To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
-
I was not really as good as I should have been.
-
Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a major city is they get a stranglehold on the people themselves. They force the men to wear beards and the women to be properly costumed and essentially completely covered up.
-
I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
-
You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.
-
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
-
In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.
-
One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
-
I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.
-
'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
-
To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse love and brotherhood, and peace and justice in the place of war and strife, could tend only to the buidling up of character, the elevation of the soul, and the strength and well-being of the state.
-
I'll always be a fan of ol' stray dogs and guitars playin'.One room churches, back road walks and front porch swingin'.Sunset skies, bonfire nights, I love the simple things.That's how I'll always be.
-
We have all heard of these things before. The love letter arriving as the teacup falls. The guitar striking up as the last breath sounds out. I don't attribute it to God or to sentiment. Perhaps it's chance. Or perhaps chance is just another way to try to convince ourselves that we are valuable.
-
As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
-
I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.
-
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
-
I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
-
Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
