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
war house mind
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
ocean literature morality
In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.
weed flower eye
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.
truth use pay
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
snow tree pearls
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
reality government names
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that their prosperity depends. It is, therefore, their first duty to purify the element from which they draw the breath of life.
writing lasts
Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.
death angel dying
Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free.
beautiful death sweet
But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey's end.
friends boys toys
When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp...
heart soul genius
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
men brave doubt
Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.
loyalty ideas sublime
In all literary history there is no such figure as Dante, no such homogeneousness of life and works, such loyalty to ideas, such sublime irrecognition of the unessential.
business risk mind
There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.