Russell Mooney:  

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream---and not make dreams your master; If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling - The Marx Bros were overrated Built for comfort, not for speed - Taj Majal "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." - Mark Twain Judgement is easy, empathy is more difficult. "Every time I hear the word culture, I want to release the safety on my 9mm" -Banksy Lady Astor to Sir Winston Churchill: "If I were your wife, I would put poison in your tea." Churchill to Lady Astor: "If you were my my wife, I would drink it." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "Under promise and over deliver." "No good deed goes unpunished." "Even paranoids have enemies." "Even a dog has his day." "There is no such thing as a free lunch." "We didn't land on 'fair' planet." "Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!" "The devil is in the details." "Success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration." "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." "You only have one chance to make a good first impression." "Discretion is the better part of valor." "Work, not Network." "In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." General Sun Tsu "So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself." General Sun Tsu "Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful." General Sun Tsu " A rising tide raises all boats." " Really listening....not waiting to talk." "I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes." — William Gibson Do not think dishonestly. The Way is in training. Become acquainted with every art. Know the Ways of all professions. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use. - Musashi Miamoto "When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion- When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing- when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors- when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you- when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice- you may know that your society is doomed." "When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims, then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they've passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter." "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, 'Who is destroying the world?' You are." - Ayn Rand In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- John Adams If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -- Winston Churchill A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke . I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -- Will Rogers If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J. O'Rourke In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -- Voltaire (1764) Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. -- Mark Twain What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995) A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -- Aesop". More about Russell:"Russ Mooney joined with Toon City Animation in Manila, Philippines in early 2004 as director of creative affairs. Russ has worked in the animation business for his entire adult life. Starting at the bottom in 1968, Russ moved up the ladder from inbetweener, to assistant animator, to animator to director / designer on numerous animated commercials, television specials and feature films. Making the transition to television series work as a director in 1984 was a big step. This led to 5 years of working as an animation supervisor / producer in Japan, Korea and Taiwan for Disney TV animation. Returning to his roots in Hollywood in 1990, Russ accepted an offer By Disney TV Animation to produce its series show "Darkwing Duck", which then led to a producer role on "New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". He was nominated for a daytime Emmy on both of these projects. Russ then returned to directing for Disney TV and then decided to establish his own studio, along with his animation associates, called Bobtown Productions. During the five year lifespan of Bobtown, numerous animated projects were subcontracted from some of the most important animation producers and studios throughout the world. Russ then joined with Nickelodeon in the role of supervising director on the "Catdog" series. He then decided to work freelance and devoted the next 2 years to directing on the "Ed, Edd, & Eddy" TV series for Cartoon Network. His last major directing project previous to joining Toon City was the "Mucha Lucha" animated TV series project at Warner Bros. Russ left Toon City Animation in Manila, March 2012 RESUME Russ Mooney Animation Producer: Supervising all aspects of pre and post-production of Television series animation including storyboard supervision, voice talent recording, design supervision, film and Avid editing supervision, sound efx supervision, music spotting, telecine - dubbing supervision, and retake supervision - Development of independent animation projects. Supervising Animation Director: Supervising and checking of work by slugging / timing directors as well storyboard and storyboard revision artists. S