Mark Russell > Quotes

“The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.”
― Mark Russell

“It makes me think. Maybe the only meaning to life is that which we get from each other.”
― Mark Russell, The Flintstones, Vol. 1

“When you trick somebody into participating in a small-time fraud, it's called a 'scam.' But when the scam is so big that people have no choice but to participate, it's called 'economics.”
― Mark Russell

“The purpose of art is subversion. Art is telling the world how it's killing you. How its institutions have failed you. In the end, any culture worth damn is made by subversives. Because art is what tells the world it needs to change. Power merely redecorates it.”
― Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

“The world is on fire, young man. As writers, it is only proper that we do what we can to warn people.
But in telling the truth to the world, don't lie to yourself. Write whatever you want. Tell the truth.
Just don't imagine that you are changing anything.
Like I said, people just want to have a good time.

-Snagglepuss”
― Mark Russell

“Of course, with any new technology, the question in the back of everyone's mind is 'Can I have sex with it or use it to kill people?'
-Flintstones Vol. 2: Bedrock Bedlam”
― Mark Russell

“As a species, we don't really seem cut out for happiness. So if I had to guess...I'd say that we were put on Earth to grow. To discover ourselves. To find the lives that fit us. Or, if not...then to at least find some people with whom we can enjoy the lack of answers.”
― Mark Russell

“Son, in life you do not fight battles because you expect to win...
...you fight them merely because they need to be fought.

-Snagglepuss”
― Mark Russell

“What makes a person's words and actions worth remembering are how they are different from everyone else's.”
― Mark Russell, Second Coming

“Because if civilization is going to last, if it's going to amount to anything more than just a place to watch TV and get cheap snake meat, it will only be because we've learned to do one thing.'

'And what's that?'

'To care for people who mean nothing to us.”
― Mark Russell

“A Brief History of the Universe: Billions of days ago, atoms began joining together to form stars and planets. On these planets, cells came together to form plants, animals, and people, and then people started gathering to form civilizations. And do you know why all these atoms, cells, and people came together? Because nothing wants to be alone! The invisible force which controls the universe and sets all things in motion? It's called "loneliness!”
― Mark Russell, Los Picapiedra: Integral

“There's been plenty of men over the years who told themselves it was their destiny to save the world. And they always made the same mistake"

"What Mistake?"

"Thinking it was theirs to save.”
― Mark Russell, SUPERMAN SPACE AGE #1 CVR B STEVE RUDE VAR

“Sometimes you become so focused on protecting people from danger that you become the danger.”
― Mark Russell, Second Coming #2

“Kings, queens, and emperors come and go. They are but fleas, fighting over which one owns the dog.”
― Mark Russell

“I try not to speak to critics. It only encourages them.
-Snagglepuss”
― Mark Russell

“No offense, but it seems like the whole point of civilization is to get someone else to do your killing for you.”
― Mark Russell, The Flintstones #1

“The drawback to killing all your generals... is that it turns your army into a bit of a shit factory.”
― Mark Russell

“Maybe you should watch. Why? I've been to that circus and I'm not impressed to the clowns. Because the clown is a joke to everyone except the clown.”
― Mark Russell

“The world is exactly as it appears, if only you look hard enough.”
― Mark Russell

“We are a species hungry for illusion. A powerful illusion not only convinces us it’s real, it becomes more meaningful to us than reality.”
― Mark Russell

“Sometimes the only difference between living and dying is that living hurts more.”
― Mark Russell

“Everything you do, everything you'll ever accomplish, your life's work, your kids' life's work: horseshit. (Ecclesiastes) [God Is Disappointed in You]”
― Mark Russell

“...all power is based on the illusion of control. Somewhere inside, even they know it’s an illusion.

Though they won't admit it to themselves, they don't even control their own fate, much less ours.

That's how they can have everything and still feel like victims.”
― Mark Russell, Not All Robots

“Death, like life, finds meaning in our connections to each other. Grief is bearable only because it can be shared.”
― Mark Russell

“The thing that, in the end, will probably doom us all--is that the people with real power are less interested in stopping the end of the world--than profiting from it.”
― Mark Russell