Quotes by John Russell

“Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.”

“What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures [but] that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.”

“Certain phrases stick in the throat, even if they offer nothing that is analytically improbable. A dashing Swiss officer is one such. Another is the beautiful Law Courts.”

“Henry Moore was . . . the Number 1 choice whenever a public sculpture was needed. . . . It was thought that a large Henry Moore work out front would add a final distinction.”

“Brad [Jones] asked me to come along to their test day last Monday for a look and I was very impressed with what I saw,”

“Were getting closer, and youd love to be a part of that.”

“I love what I do. I love the job I have right now, ... If managing comes along, thats great. If I continue to do this, that would be great, too.”

“Our goal is to sustain a victim for 10 minutes while we wait for support,”

“Were a lot of those guys ready? No. We had to force feed them due to circumstances with payroll, ... They went through growing pains, but a year or two later, things started to jell for them.”

“Were on the verge of a great situation here with all of the good, young players we have coming up,”

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

A proverb is one mans wit and all mens wisdom.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.