If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies. Russell Brand More Quotes by Russell Brand More Quotes From Russell Brand I say us - obviously I don't vote as I believe democracy is a pointless spectacle where we choose between two indistinguishable political parties, neither of whom represent the people but the interest of powerful business elites that run the world. Russell Brand partypowerfulrunning Marketing is all pervasive. They're getting marketed products they can't afford - can't ever hope to acquire. They believe the only way they're ever going to achieve happiness is the acquisition of these products. Products they can't afford. They see people living that lifestyle, and they have that lifestyle beamed incessantly into their minds through media, which you know I participate in. Russell Brand mediabelievepeople The right to free speech is important but it isn't as important as 'we're all human beings together, let's find solutions together.' Russell Brand speechimportanttogether I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack. Russell Brand vegetariantruthfulsnacks What I might do is watch Mrs Doubtfire. Or Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting and I might be nice to people, mindful today how fragile we all are, how delicate we are, even when fizzing with divine madness that seems like it will never expire. Russell Brand dead-poets-societyhuntingnice I think many of the boundaries that convention has placed upon us are arbitrary, so we can fiddle with them if we fancy. Gravity's hard to dispute, and breathing, but a lot of things we instinctively obey are a lot of old tosh. Russell Brand breathingarbitrarythinking From quite early on, I had this idea of compartmentalized identities - 'this is how you are when you are with your mum, and this is how you are when you are with your dad' - so it seemed like I could never absolutely be myself. And the image of myself as compromised and inconsistent made me want to withdraw from the world even further. I had a sense of formulating a paper-mache version of myself to send out in the world, while I sat controlling it remotely from some smug suburban barracks. Russell Brand dadidentityideas Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment – you just chew it to give yourself something to do with your stupid idiot Western mouth. Half the world is starving, and the other’s going, ‘I don’t actually need any nutrition, but it would be good to masticate, just to keep my mind off things. Russell Brand stupidmindgiving We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or a joint, or a big delicious blob of heroin to silence your silly brainbox of its witterings but there has to be some form of punctuation, or life just seems utterly relentless. Russell Brand weedwinesilly I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people think in the privacy of their own brain or what they write in the bizarre publicity of their own newspapers, because all of those things are meaningless. Russell Brand meaningless-thingswritingthinking The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief. Russell Brand prioritiesaddictionpain See all these buildings, Russell? All these buildings were once a drawing on a piece of paper, and before that they were an idea in someone’s head. Any idea that you have, you can make manifest. Russell Brand drawingpiecesideas I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites. Russell Brand liarsmeanpeople People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth. Russell Brand bagslyingpeople I'm into yoga, I meditate all the time, I'm vegetarian. Russell Brand vegetarianyoga Nigel Farage and Sean Hannity is like a super group of idiots. Russell Brand seanidiotgroups No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you. Russell Brand selfpeopleideas I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity. Russell Brand alternativeshumanitypeople To this day, I feel a fierce warmth for women that have the same disregard for the social conventions of sexual protocol as I do. I love it when I meet a woman and her sexuality is dancing across her face, so it's apparent that all we need to do is nod and find a cupboard. Russell Brand dancingfacesneeds And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good. Russell Brand peopleideasthinking
