J. G. Ballard Quotes

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FearFutureSoulInterestingNewUp

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

John Donne

FoolSunBusySeasonsWindowsRun

With Freebass, there were no rules, really. It was all rather chaotic. Obviously, Hooky was playing the high end stuff, which he always does; Mani was doing the bottom end, and I thought I'd go midway and meet everyone in the middle.

Andy Rourke

ThoughtEndDoingRulesGoMeet

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

Tony Fernandes

LifeMistakesShortLearnYouWay

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake?

Russ Carnahan

GovernmentSurpriseWayDaysRespond

Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up their own socks or placing a carton of milk back in the refrigerator after drinking from it.

Roseanne Barr

SimpleProblemsBackSocksMilkOwn

I didn't study theology out of piety. I studied it because I wanted to know.

Mary Daly

KnowStudyOutBecauseTheology

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

Janice Dickinson

DayAdvertisingDoingBackRunway

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.

William J. Clinton

HopeInterestingSayThey SayMine

Does anybody actually go out in L.A.? When I lived there, I'd just stay in my apartment.

Peter Dinklage

GoOutApartmentLivedStayJust

I'm going down in history with Star Trek. It's a great feeling.

Persis Khambatta

HistoryGreatFeelingDownStar

I read The Bell Jar, and then I read her memoir and her diaries, and a third book, an outside opinion. Just the way she made the pillows so neat on the oven door. It just seems to be the opposite of, if you're going to take your life, in a horrible rage it happens.

Paul Westerberg

LifeDoorOpinionBookYouWay

To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.

Scilla Elworthy

LoveHeartPeaceMindActionFind

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