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
mothers-day mom motherhood
That best academy, a mother's knee.
onward-and-upward duty teach
New occasions teach new duties.
snow tree pearls
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
nurse soul solitude
The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.
crystals fancy emotion
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
genius grows commonplace
To genius life never grows commonplace.
firefly pulse meadows
The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.
afar skirts praise
Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
squares atmosphere public-opinion
The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it is sixteen pounds to the square inch.
fudge stealing vain
In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.