James Bovard Quotes

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.

James Bovard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Birth: 1956

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FearGovernmentPeopleIgnorantMany

Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.

Jessica Williams

JobMeSameTechnically

We can teach people how to run a Chipotle.

Steve Ells

PeopleTeachRunHow

The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews have always produced a lot of holiday music, just not Hanukkah music.

Matisyahu

MusicTimeLegendAmericanHoliday

Harlem for me is Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Washington, D.C., in one place. You have very significant churches that have had national ramifications. At the same time, you have politics. On top of all that, you have entertainment because you have 70 years of music that came out of here, and if you scratch that, gangsterism happens.

Mike Colter

MusicTimePoliticsMeVegasYou

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

Miranda Hart

LoveJoyMeComedyAdmireComedians

Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin.

Lucian Freud

PaintingEndDuckYouSkinSide

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Jose Marti

MenMountainsNationsPeaks

There is no bad in good.

Douglas Horton

GoodBad

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Donella Meadows

EnvironmentalWorldHelpPresident

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

Bodhidharma

OurselvesMortalsConditionsRuled

I'm not a Christian, but I think the Christian message is a good one.

Annie Lennox

GoodThinkChristianMessageI Think

When you're working in the industry, and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

Asa Butterfield

PeopleLearnTalkingYouHearingUp

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