Russell Freedman Quotes

#1. We have a large circle - all of them anti-Hitler," one participant told Inge. "And each of these friends has his own separate circle which is anti-Hitler, and so on and so forth: a great underground network against Hitler. If only someone could get them to act collectively.

Russell Freedman

#2. Well, that is what you risk when you fall in love. You risk losing your dignity.

J.M. Coetzee

#3. You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you.

Russell Freedman

#4. The first encounter was when the Vikings came across 10 Indians taking naps under their overturned canoes - and the Vikings killed them. That did not set up a very good mutual relationship.

Russell Freedman

#5. That milky splatter on the sheets makes him unbearably sad, and he wonders, not for the first time, whether the whole point of orgasm isn't, somehow, unbearable sadness.

Paul Russell

#6. I love a great pair of jeans and a nice blouse.

Allyson Felix

#7. The boy is so stupid; to count to twenty-one he'd have to drop his pants.

James Axler

#8. I didn't learn Chinese to write 'Confucius.' That would've been a monumental task. I have three friends who can translate Chinese text for me; all three helped me with my research on Confucius. They are acknowledged in my acknowledgements in the book.

Russell Freedman

#9. There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

Andre Gide

#10. But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.

Walter Salles

#11. There should be a separate line to scrutinize anybody with the name Abdul or Ahmed or Mohammed.

Mike Gallagher

#12. I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

Shakira

#13. I've been interested in China ever since I was a kid. When I was a kid, I grew up in San Francisco about a mile from China Beach.

Russell Freedman

#14. I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.'

Joseph Kosinski

#15. I visited the archeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland. There is no question about it. It has been definitely determined that the Vikings were there for about 10 years - specifically, Leif Erikson and his extended family.

Russell Freedman

#16. I sensed that Confucius is an interesting character. This is someone who lived over 2,500 years ago and is still speaking to us. That people are still reading and repeating what he said so long ago is something I find quite fascinating.

Russell Freedman

#17. There is credible evidence that a Chinese fleet went as far as the coast of Africa, in present-day Kenya. It was the largest maritime fleet in the world, under the command of Zheng He, a favorite of the emperor.

Russell Freedman

#18. I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

Russell Freedman