Derrick Jensen Quotes

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.

Derrick Jensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1960

Topics

HistoryDeathCivilizationMatter

It's hard to say, but I think Warlock is the closest thing Thanos has to a friend.

Jim Starlin

FriendThinkSayHardI ThinkThing

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

Jesse Helms

WiseMeLadyYoungRepublicanAgree

My agent said, 'Jerry, Dancing With the Stars - they want you on there.' I said, 'Ain't no way. I'm not going to do that.' Then he came back to me again, and he kept putting pressure on me. I said, 'All right, I'll give it a try.'

Jerry Rice

StarsMePressureYouBackSaid

Everyone wants to see collisions, so I'm ready to give some.

Rob Gronkowski

ReadyEveryoneSeeGiveWantsSome

The military is a microcosm of American society, so it really is not unusual that they would have Klan people and white supremacy people connected to them.

Ron Stallworth

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This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to achieve.

Roxane Gay

PeopleProblemAchieveRealMovement

It takes me a while to get my appetite going when I wake up early.

Chelsea Handler

MeWake UpEarlyUpGoingGet

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.

Conan Stevens

LifeFriendMotherPathMeReading

You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.

Peter Senge

PurposeThoughtYouGoKindWill

I don't have this crazy dream about going to Hollywood, because I really love to watch movies and do movies that are complicated, and I want more strange things and complicated things.

Noomi Rapace

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I really feel like if they'd have let me just pace in the back of the classroom while the teacher was talking, I'd have done much better. I have to move. But you know, that's disruptive for the class, and as a result, there was a ripple effect of having to sit still that found its way into every aspect of my life.

Ryan Gosling

LifeTeacherMeBetterMy LifeYou

I remember Ella Fitzgerald sort of coming into my life like a bolt of lightning - like, what is that? It was one of the purest examples of God in art that I'd ever seen.

Leslie Odom, Jr.

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