People do this a lot. They don't seem to realize that the future is just like now, but in a little while, so they say they're going to do things in anticipation of some kind of seismic shift in their worldview that never actually materializes. But everything's not going to be made of leather, the world won't stink of sherbet. Tomorrow is not some mythical kingdom where you'll grow butterfly wings and be able to talk to animals - you'll basically feel pretty much the same way you do at the moment.

— Russell Brand

Perhaps if we could popularize through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all it changes constantly and incessantly, it's just the perceptions that we have are governed by people with self-interest and are not in alignment with the health and safety of us as individuals or as a planet.

— Russell Brand

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.

— Russell Brand

Rituals are missing nowadays

— Russell Brand

Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract, and I long just to be in spiritual pain once more - 'damn you tiny assassin, clad in yellow and black, how I crave my former innocence where melancholy was my only trial'.

— Russell Brand

Some people were just getting on with their lives, chatting, being young. It simply wouldn't do.

— Russell Brand

Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.

— Russell Brand

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

— Russell Brand

The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.

— Russell Brand

The need to find out what will happen if I don't relent or moderate my actions has been a constant source of difficulty and discomfort in my life.

— Russell Brand