J. G. Ballard Quotes

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 15, 1930 - April 19, 2009

Topics

DreamsCarAmerican DreamWorldRun

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.

Jeffrey Tate

BehaviorPerfectHuman BehaviorHuman

I use this GPB glycogen protein balancing conditioner by Aubrey Organics that I love.

Andra Day

LoveProteinBalancingUseI Love

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

John le Carre

ServiceIntelligenceLondonSecret

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Ann Oakley

GoodMotherChildrenDedicationTidy

The iPhone was such a phenomenon that even the humble journalists chosen for an early look were thrust into a spotlight.

Steven Levy

HumbleLookEarlyiPhoneSpotlight

I don't remember a Rob Van Dam versus Mick Foley hardcore match. There should have been one.

Rob Van Dam

RememberBeenMatchDamShouldVan

Children's picture books are a unique record of social evolution: in gender roles and racial politics, as is much discussed, but also in fashion and interior design.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenPoliticsFashionDesign

I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?'

Mary Quant

MyselfWomanFunThinkYouLucky

Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.

Michel Onfray

ReligionMagicLikeAboutTricks

I worked at Military Media, an advertising agency for military-base newspapers. Don't ask, I won't tell.

Judy Gold

AdvertisingMediaMilitaryAskTell

If you want to know what London looked like in 1947, with all the bomb-sites, 'Hue and Cry' will tell you. And when I shot 'The Lavender Hill Mob' four years later, it didn't look that different.

Douglas Slocombe

YouLookKnowCryWantHill

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

Constance Marie

JobRememberOverLineOutDays

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