- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Russell Smith Quotes
Most Famous Russell Smith Quotes of All Time!
We have created a collection of some of the best russell-smith quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Russell Smith Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry, and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There's nothing wrong with songs.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.
- Matter
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how fine your suit and your shoes, you will remind everyone that you are not yet a grownup man by wearing them with your old college knapsack, in its nasty, nylon glory.
- Always
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I dislike turtlenecks at the best of times, as they are always unflattering to the imperfect male physique, but when worn in combination with a v-neck sweater, they say 'Grandpa' louder than any other item of clothing.
- Growth
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, the hunky barista looks even more terrifically masculine with three days' growth on his chin. Guys under 50 mostly do. But when your beard is partly or largely grey, that stubble can just look a little unwashed. Sadly, when you're over 50, different rules apply.
- Incompatible
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The only pleasurable part of taking the subway, as everyone will agree, is concocting elaborate fantasies about what it would be like to be married to the most interesting strangers you see there.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.
- Coffee
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your date requests, or posting a picture of your foot? All of that is more gripping and immediate and social than books.
- Book
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Possibly the strangest book ever made, the 'Codex Seraphinianus' is an encyclopedia of an imaginary world, with illegible calligraphy - it is written in an alphabet no one can understand - and surreal drawings of odd beasts and machines.
- Looking
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.
- Moment
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they might just break out a shotgun and take down a passing duck at any given moment. I'm not so sure.
- Cross
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a lot of public readings.
- Fine
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Queen's - a fine university with the proudly stupidest frosh week in the country. This was, when I was there, supposed to be somehow evidence of a higher social class.
- Meant To Be
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Frosh-week songs are meant to be offensive because offensive is rebellious.
- Coherence
- |
- Nov 07, 2020