James Russell
James Russell
Left-handed relief pitcher known for an average fastball and good slider who made his MLB debut in 2010 for the Chicago Cubs.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 January 1986
CityCincinnati, OH
James Russell quotes about
profound common-sense genius
A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.
tradition eternal-life originals
There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.
materials
The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself.
mud soil
No mud can soil us but the mud we throw.
youth young gifts-of-life
To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.
onward-and-upward ancient uncouth
Time makes ancient good uncouth.
speaks-out two age
There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.
gentleman democracy firsts
Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.
dumb soul religion
God is not dumb, that he should speak no more; If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor.
reputation
O reputation! dearer far than life.
archer fate white
Who is it needs such flawless shafts as fate? What archer of his arrows is so choice, or hits the white so surely?
caprice idleness
Idleness induces caprice.
mothers-day mom motherhood
That best academy, a mother's knee.
onward-and-upward duty teach
New occasions teach new duties.