Rebecca Solnit Quotes

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1961

Topics

ChangeTruthClimate ChangeMean

Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick.

Jeremy Paxton

PeopleRichGreedLivingWhyMatter

I don't think I can ever write about young kids anymore. I completely shot my wad there.

Jenny Zhang

ThinkI CanYoungWriteKidsShot

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

John Mellencamp

WorkGreatGreat ThingsKnowSay

It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game.

Andy Van Slyke

GameSatanSeemsLikeThrownOur

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.

Michael Apted

TodayGreatImaginationTalentStory

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

Michael Bloomberg

ChancePresidentBecomingJewReally

Honestly, I do not care about my age.

Song Hye-kyo

AgeCareAboutHonestly

I'm always getting texts asking why I'm not responding on Instagram or Facebook, and I'm like, 'It's not me. You're writing to some stranger.'

Travis Fimmel

MeWritingYouWhyAlwaysAsking

You can't go around chasing your own plays and showing up every time somebody does one somewhere. You just cross your fingers and hope that they're OK.

Tom Stoppard

HopeTimeShowing UpYouGoOwn

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

Michael Shannon

LifeGreatThinkYouEarlyActing

When I was very young, it was all, 'Here's little Johnny,' and I got stuck with it, but I prefer John. There comes a time in a man's life when he shouldn't have a name ending in 'y'.

Johnny Mathis

LifeTimeManEndingNameYoung

There is no way to reach your fullest potential if you don't really find the love of yourself.

Demi Moore

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