Michel Houellebecq Quotes

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

Michel Houellebecq

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 26, 1956

Topics

LifeMeSocietySomeoneNeverWell

I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league.

Jimmy Breslin

BusinessBestPersonNeverBeen

If you're in a ditch, and you're looking down, you can see where you're going but you can't see the way out.

Jen Sincero

LookingYouDownWaySeeOut

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

John James Audubon

ChildrenManEnvironmentalWorldWho

'Lost' is an entity of its own. It's still such a culture touchstone that I think it'll be something people go back to for a long time, like 'Star Trek.' I'm just so amazed by the show's popularity.

Sonya Walger

TimeCulturePeopleThinkLongBack

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

Tony Parsons

UglyYouGoLivingWillTattoos

I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock ones where they kind of inform each other and become this larger thing as a result.

Jonny Greenwood

RememberResultYouI CanImportant

Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

Chris O'Dowd

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We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.

Colin Powell

PeaceBeginningWarConflictBelieve

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

Bruce Willis

HateGovernmentDownWrite

I believe I was sent to Washington to fight for and defend our traditional values of smaller government, lower taxes, a strong national defense, and the lives of the unborn.

Phil Gingrey

GovernmentFightBelieveStrong

It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it.

Tim Ferriss

LifeMeConfidentMy LifeEasySame

I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'

Norah Jones

LoveMusicDaughterListeningBath

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