Harold Russell Quotes

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.

Harold Russell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1914 - January 29, 2002

Topics

PowerDemocracyAuthorityMilitary

I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible.

Joe Scarborough

AngryMeLawyerEasyPersonWrite

You get this really cool groove when you're playing just piano, bass, and drums where everyone's sort of feeling each other's space, which is the only way to put it, but it really is true, and everyone's sort of sitting in their own pocket. It's kind of jazz-like.

John Darnielle

SpaceCoolYouFeelingSittingTrue

How do you talk about the Holocaust? How do you talk about slavery? Probably the best thing to do is just be quiet and hide from it, forget about it. Except, then it jumps up and bites you. Because it's there.

John Edgar Wideman

BestSlaveryYouHideHolocaustUp

I taught English in Costa Rica before I went to college. I'm not an especially outdoorsy guy, but sometimes I would spot wildlife while whitewater rafting or walking in the rainforest at 5 A.M.

John Krasinski

CollegeWalkingSometimesWildlife

It's the quality of your relationships that matters.

Robert J. Waldinger

QualityRelationshipsMattersYour

It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

Stanley Kubrick

YourselfCrazyThinkYouSometimes

To me, it didn't matter where I played, I just wanted to play well.

Ronnie Lott

MePlayMatterWhereWellJust

McConnell's the Senate Republican leader, but he refuses to lead on defunding Obamacare. What good is a leader like that?

Matt Bevin

GoodLeaderRepublicanLeadLikeHe

I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.

Luke Evans

SayRockMoreBeingFilmWould

You have to respect everybody's desires and way of living.

Juan Pablo Galavis

StubbornI CanLittleLittle BitBit

When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.

Clint Eastwood

VoiceDoubtYouListenNeverWhose

Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain.

Bobby Darin

RainPeopleMeStandI CanWho Am I

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