Lester Ballard Quotes

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. ~ J.G. Ballard

Yet she felt an impostor, and already the mask had begun to bite into her face. ~ J.G. Ballard

Each man is an island unto itself" - Strangman ~ J.G. Ballard

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. ~ Lester B. Pearson

Antananarivo is pronounced Tananarive, and for much of this century has been spelt that way as well. When the French took over Madagascar at the end of the last century (colonised is probably too kind a word for moving in on a country that was doing perfectly well for itself but which the French simply took a fancy to), they were impatient with the curious Malagasy habit of not bothering to pronounce the first and last syllables of place names. They decided, in their rational Gallic way, that if that was how the names were pronounced then they could damn well be spelt that way too. It would be rather as if someone had taken over England and told us that from now on we would be spelling Leicester 'Lester' and liking it. We might be forced to spell it that way, but we wouldn't like it, and neither did the Malagasy. As soon as they managed to divest themselves of French rule, in 1960, they promptly reinstated all the old spellings and just kept the cooking and the bureaucracy. ~ Douglas Adams

Farmers ... can no longer keep up with rising demand; thus the outlook is for chronic scarcities and rising prices. ~ Lester R. Brown

Advertising becomes a dialogue that becomes an invitation to a relationship. ~ Lester Wunderman

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple. ~ Julius Lester

I had read and admired Ballard and Burroughs, and I thought of them as very powerful effect pedals. You get to a certain place in the story and you just step on the Ballard. ~ William Gibson

A terrorist bomb not only killed its victims, but forced a violent rift through time and space, and ruptured the logic that held the world together. ~ J.G. Ballard

Music is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what, as long as we remain free to be able to create the music, to be able to experiment and to really research, and to really get time to develop the music. ~ Lester Bowie

Those who yearn for true spiritual light and knowledge can only find it through the power of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit enlightens and gives understanding of the eternal purpose of life. By the Spirit, Church members know the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is true. ~ M. Russell Ballard

Growing up, it was mainly just players I followed more than teams, with the exception of the Mariners. I never really had time to follow a team throughout a season. ~ Jon Lester

Trying to exhaust himself, Vaughan devised an endless almanac of terrifying wounds and insane collisions: The lungs of elderly men punctured by door-handles; the chests of young women impaled on steering-columns; the cheek of handsome youths torn on the chromium latches of quarter-lights. To Vaughan, these wounds formed the key to a new sexuality, born from a perverse technology. The images of these wounds hung in the gallery of his mind, like exhibits in the museum of a slaughterhouse. ~ J.G. Ballard

All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love. ~ M. Russell Ballard

You talking about computer weaknesses?"
"Yes. But also human weaknesses."
"Meaning what?"
"Meaning the types of weaknesses that make humans let down their guard. Trust people they shouldn't trust."
"You're talking about manipulating people."
"Yes." Dexter and Lester were staring at each other. "I guess I am. ~ Chris Pavone

From sandwich to summer school, they were the symbols of subservience and the enemies of freedom. ~ J.G. Ballard

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but real hurricanes are blowing more strongly – and the wind in our heads. Look out for yourself! ~ J.G. Ballard

Morality covers our conduct, not what goes on inside our heads. ~ J.G. Ballard

What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience. ~ Lester Bowie

The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives. ~ M. Russell Ballard

I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those people are: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker, who is the greatest genius of all to me because he changed the whole era around. ~ Charles Mingus

I was happy to have an attraction in our building that we didn't have to pay for. ~ Harold Ballard

The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history. ~ Lester R. Brown

I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst. ~ J.G. Ballard

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond. ~ Lester Bangs

The designer's role in the development, application and protection of the trademark may be described as pre-creative, creative and post-creative. ~ Lester Beall

When he had first met her, Royal had taken for granted her absolute self-confidence, but in fact the reverse was true - far from being sure of herself, Anne needed constantly to re-establish her position on the top rung of the ladder. By comparison, the professional people around her, who had achieved everything as a result of their own talents, were models of self-assurance ~ J.G. Ballard

Perhaps nothing is so wounding to a writer than being accused of having written something that hurts a child. Censorship is an attitude of mistrust and suspicion that seeks to deprive the human experience of mystery and complexity. But without mystery and complexity there is no wonder; there is no awe; there is no laughter. ~ Julius Lester

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions. ~ Lester B. Pearson

And doing so you can recreate yourself and you can also come up with something that is not only original and creative and artistic, but also maybe even decent, or moral if I can use words like that, or something that's like basically good. ~ Lester Bangs

Trust the Lord. He is the good shepherd. He knows His sheep. And His sheep know His voice. ~ M. Russell Ballard

It may not always be easy, convenient or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. ~ M. Russell Ballard

The flash lights irritated the women's eyes, but in the sudden glare their faces, so empty of expression when they had sex, at last came alive, and I saw two bluecollar housewives who had ditched their husbands and aspired to the most bourgeois of lives. ~ J.G. Ballard

I've tended to find that myths of the near future give people the ability to really kind of explore the present, so say for example if look at William Gibson and his book Neuromancer or if you look at J.G. Ballard or Samuel Delaney those are probably three of my favorite writers in that genre. ~ DJ Spooky

It's the most threatening disease of all. It's called "other people ~ J.G. Ballard

I didn't quit drinking. I stopped drinking shitty alcohol with assholes. And that, my friend, was the healthiest choice I've ever made. ~ Grant Morrison

We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil insecurity by converting grain into fuel for cars, is generating global food insecurity on a scale never seen before. ~ Lester R. Brown