Jean Baudrillard Quotes
THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING TO PRO-DUCE. In spite of all its materialist efforts, production remains a utopia. We can wear ourselves out in materializing things, in rendering them visible, but we will never cancel the secret. (p. 65)
Quotes to Explore
-
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
-
People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.
-
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
-
I resent ever being stereotyped.
-
You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
-
I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
-
There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
-
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
-
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
-
Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.
-
The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.
-
I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me.
-
That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!
-
Rankings are not so important. I am only focused on winning tournaments.
-
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
-
11: If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
-
As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.
-
As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else.
-
My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.
-
The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group.
-
You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it.
-
I'm a product of my environment.
-
Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
-
THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING TO PRO-DUCE. In spite of all its materialist efforts, production remains a utopia. We can wear ourselves out in materializing things, in rendering them visible, but we will never cancel the secret. (p. 65)
