Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.
Quotes to Explore
-
I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
-
Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
-
When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
-
Art is the job of the privileged.
-
I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
-
I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
-
Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
-
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
-
I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
-
Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
-
I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
-
You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
-
I've sung background for a couple of bands.
-
I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
-
We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
-
The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars.
-
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
-
Let's set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.
-
I'm really good at pretending.
-
I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
-
Women have a hard time of it in this world. They are oppressed by man-made laws, man-made social customs, masculine egoism, the delusion of masculine superiority. Their one comfort is the assurance that, even though it may be impossible to prevail against man, it is always possible to enslave and torture a man.
-
Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.
-
I always say you shouldn't weigh yourself. I don't even have a set of scales in my house.
-
No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.
