J. G. Ballard Quotes
Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates, vast entertainment enterprises. They've made themselves user friendly, but they define the tastes to which we conform. They're rather subtle, subservient tyrants, but no less sinister for that.
Quotes to Explore
-
Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.
-
Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for.
-
I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.
-
I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
-
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
-
When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
-
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
-
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
-
I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
-
Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.
-
Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
-
The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
-
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.
-
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs.
-
There are a lot of folks out there that love the convenience of the Kansas City airport. That's one of the biggest things it's got going for it.
-
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
-
Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
-
I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel.
-
Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
-
When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.
-
Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line: It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.
-
I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.
-
Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates, vast entertainment enterprises. They've made themselves user friendly, but they define the tastes to which we conform. They're rather subtle, subservient tyrants, but no less sinister for that.
