• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.

Russell Simmons

Related Topics

BillsCarPay

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Russell Simmons Quotes

• 

  I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  BenefitsFavorTrying
• 

  Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  EnoughNever ChangeResilient
• 

  People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  PeopleSayingThinking
• 

  I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  GuaranteesKidsMeditation
• 

  I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  CooperEducationFunGirlKidsUniversity
• 

  Meditation helps everything.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  EverythingHelpingMeditation
• 

  Those who need nothing attract everything.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  AttractEverythingNeeds
• 

  And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  AgainDistractionMantrasPracticesSoon
• 

  Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  ArtistDifferencesWise
• 

  That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  DayEveryMyThoughtsWatches
• 

  I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  BelieveEnglishMenSpeak
• 

  There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  IssuesLongPolice
• 

  I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  AfraidFailureInspirationalRunningThinking
• 

  Not every move you make has to be a great leap

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  GreatLeapMoving
• 

  The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  BeachHboYears
• 

  Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

  RUSSELL SIMMONS
  GoalUltimateUltimate Goal