James Howard Kunstler Quotes

The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a striking complacency when it comes to their everyday environment and the growing calamity that it represents.

James Howard Kunstler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 19, 1948

Topics

RainComplacencyEnvironmentLiving

I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

Melissa George

FocusedFantasticMakingMovieVery

I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego.

Andra Day

FatherMeSisterVoiceHouseSee

I think you have to make time for yourself so that work doesn't become the end-all be-all.

Meghan Markle

WorkTimeYourselfThinkYouBecome

Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

Maurice Sendak

HappinessChildMeSisterShortYou

'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.'

Tommy Ramone

HeartGreatBeachSongListen

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

Michael Jordan

DayEvery DayFindSweatThreeOut

I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'

Jason Priestley

MeYouUnderstandGuySingYour

You know it's important to have a Jeep in Los Angeles. That front wheel drive is crucial when it starts to snow on Rodeo Drive.

Christopher Guest

SnowDriveYouKnowImportantWheel

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Chuck Berry

LifeEducationKnowledgeHealthTwo

I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never hunt. I would never wear fur. I would never go to a bullfight. I'm not really a meat and potatoes guy.

Anthony Bourdain

NatureHouseGoRunNeverMean

Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. One has to work just as much with children as with adults, but the manner of work is very different. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act.

Asghar Farhadi

WorkTruthChildrenWantWayNever

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

Aubrey Plaza

BookHandsI CanTouchMy OwnOwn

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