J. G. Ballard Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
-
The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
-
'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
-
There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
-
After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
-
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
-
I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
-
Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
-
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
-
If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
-
I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
-
I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
-
My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
-
The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.
-
An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
-
'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
-
Heavenly Father has given us a priceless gift in our capacity to communicate with each other. Our communications are at the core of our relationships with others. If we are to return home safely to Heavenly Father, we must develop righteous relationships with His children here in mortality.
-
I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
-
I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.
-
Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
-
Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the world of literature as well as in regards to art. When I sit down to draw, I'm energized by the possibility of creating a monster. That is where I find beauty and pathos.
-
The world of technology is the sum total of what people do. Its redemption can only come from changes in what people, individually and collectively, do or refrain from doing. —Ursula M. Franklin
-
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
