Russell Alexander

Hot Rodder, Metal Fabricator, Engineer, Photographer, Backpacker, Swimmer, Philosopher, Libertarian, Anti Feminist, Eagle Scout (back when that meant something), and more “A man’s character is his fate.” - Heraclitus "God is in the details" - Mies VanDerRohe (Architect) “Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." -Robert A. Heinlein “If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: that was the American dream”. - Edward Abbey "Truth passes through three phases: * First it is ridiculed. * Second it is fiercely and violently opposed. * Third, it becomes self-evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer "Once I found out how imperfect I am, I stopped expecting perfection of others when I couldn’t deliver it myself." - An older friend by the name of Skip "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." -Ernest Hemingway "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - Henry Lewis Mencken, 1880 – 1956 "To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster." - Stirling Moss "If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?" - Stirling Moss "You can keep your soul, I don't want a cell-mate." - Them Crooked Vultures "Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it, rather than invest it." - Jim Rohn "Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable." –John Patrick "Women in my life were like fair weather friends" - Steven Horne