Mark Russell Quotations

The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.

You know that a given in life in human nature, is that at a sporting event, a baseball game, a football game, you never introduce a politician, is because he'll be booed. I don't care if he's the most beloved person in the world, its part of the game.

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.

If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.

You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!

The thing that you're faulted on today is not that you are too tough, or not that you aren't careful. It's that you might have been too soft. People want that red meat now because you have to keep up with the mood and the mood today is harsh. It really is.

People are not in a good mood when any politician's face appears on television.

Humor is very very risky, particularly for a candidate, unless he's been in so long that it just doesn't matter, and he's not running for president. But it's just that people are so sensitive and so touchy, and you're just going to upset somebody without ever realizing it.

Believe me when I say that Bill Clinton's second term will be good for business. My business.

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.

I'll keep doing it until I die or the audiences die.

We're just moving along as quick as possible.

I believe that Bill Clinton's second term will be good for business... my business!

I can't think of a performer who is better on television than in person.

You know when Jerry Ford gets the best joke, you know you're in trouble.

Rush has done some top-notch quality work, and we're very, very pleased with them. We really enjoy working with them. They are on time and on budget, which makes me happy.

We feel that the blockbuster sale of RMA to NCO Group is an indication of transactions to come as private equity looks toward a sale as a way to profit from investments made a number of years ago.

The regulation on the PGA Tour is 72 holes -- that was put in place by the players, ... We make every effort to finish on Sunday by 6Êp.m. Eastern time, but if we don't, we go to Monday.

He gets the lifetime achievement award. But, it's all pretty equal opportunity. No president ever let me down.

We just can't play under the rules, it's just saturated out there,

We predicted in Q1 2005 that debt buyers would generate a significant portion of the total deal volume and value for the year, and that is exactly what happened.

We were able to negotiate terms outside the quoted rate.

Wall Street recognizes the value generated by successful debt purchasing companies, but it is quick to react negatively to escalating portfolio prices, executive and employee turnover, and revenue recognition issues.

European debt purchasing and receivables management market leaders will generate strong interest in 2006 due to the expected growth potential of those markets over the next several years. In the U.S., small and mid-sized agencies that are specialized in fast-growing niche markets, such as the government, healthcare and commercial industries, will also be considered attractive acquisition targets by larger players that are in need of diversifying their service offerings and market focus.

This award demonstrates MCI's continued leadership and commitment in delivering innovative services. Our focus is to ensure that we meet all our customers' requirements, from conferencing solutions to end-to-end connectivity to total management of their network. MCI's portfolio of services enables enterprise customers to conduct business more effectively and efficiently.

This aircraft self protection security system warns of potential close proximity threats to aircraft parked on the ground.

It's a beautiful mix. I think there's enough business to go around for even more.

The bank, through its acquisition and mergers with Chase and Bank One, presented some challenges in terms of duplicate real estate. We had to restructure this lease so it would fit their needs.

It's indicative of the boom-boom days of Houston when that building was built. It's synonymous with a great image and success that Texas Commerce and Chase brought to the building.

Sergio, where are you going to be tonight? Who?

In 2005, lending markets continued to support deals in the ARM industry and buyers were particularly aggressive, causing a notable rise in deal values for well-run, niche ARM companies; especially those in the debt buying sector.

Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness!

You have to imbue the characters with their own sort of feeling of justification and morality. Everyone has that, whether we see them as evil or not. So I try to bring the characters to life by making them likable or lovable, in the sense that they can be, at least to themselves.

I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important to writing believable characters. They don't have to be likable but they have to be loved, at least by the author.

I'm not trying to write a bleak and blistering screed against American civilization. I'm writing something that I hope is fun and satirical and full of possibility.

The sacred exists only at the expense of the truth.

I think you can't write with anger. I think it always has to be with a wink. There always has to be an element of hope in what you write. Otherwise you're just getting mad and it's not going to be fun for anybody.

Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.

I squirm when I see athletes praying before a game. Don't they realize that if God took sports seriously he never would have created George Steinbrenner.

You have the establishment and then you have the hippies revolting against the establishment, and what you end up getting are like accountants with long hair. And that's kind of what happened with the youth movement in the '70s.

A Consultant is a guy who knows 125 different ways to make love, but who doesn't know any women.