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J. G. Ballard Quotes

What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Fear Children Tomorrow Elegant Own

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.

Ambrose Bierce

Man Care Own Who Trace Did

I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at Roc Nation asking me what I was up to. He asked if I'd been to America, and I said, 'No.' Then he said, 'I'm putting you on a flight to New York tomorrow.'

Rita Ora

New York Tomorrow Me Partner Boots

I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Ronnie Dunn

Texas New Mexico Up Oklahoma Houses

I saw that my camera gave me a sense of connection with others that I never had before. It allowed me to enter lives, satisfying a curiosity that was always there but that was never explored before.

Mary Ellen Mark

Me Curiosity Camera Connection Never

I went to a festival pretending to work as a journalist to get free tickets and interview people I really admired. I remember one of these people was Guillermo del Toro.

Juan Antonio Bayona

Work People Free Remember Pretending

The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.

Jon Taffer

Gift Forward Giving Always Been

Personality for me is the strongest statement.

Chiara Ferragni

Personality Me Statement Strongest

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.

Christopher Walken

Funny Think Comedy You Look Tragedy

Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs.

Clive Cussler

Day Me Find Bones Behind Just

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

Anne Rice

Love Words Joy Writing Speak Loved

The number one thing that kills businesses in Africa is power - or the lack of power.

Aliko Dangote

Power Africa One Thing Number Thing

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

Alfred P. Sloan

Time Hero End You Will Right